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An extensive collection of medieval French drama, published from the manuscripts in the Royal Library. Text printed in two columns: Old French on the left and modern French on the right. 672 pp. 4to, contemporary morocco over decorated boards. Light wear to extremities, internally fine but for very light scattered foxing.
Two Volumes. Illustrated with full page engravings in very good state, and a folding map (soiled and slightly chipped). The lovely engravings are mostly by R. Scott after drawings by J. Stevenson. On title page of Volume One there is an inked inscription "Edward James Foote, to his beloved Wife Mary Foote. On title page of Volume Two inked inscription "Edward James Foote to his beloved Wife Mary Foote: and since her lamented death to our Daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor & Anna". 235mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn. Boards very fragile or detached. The early owner of this set - Vice-Admiral Sir Edward James Foote (1767-1833) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served on a number of ships and at several actions, but is best known for becoming caught up in the aftermath of the collapse of the Parthenopean Republic at Naples in 1799. The Gentle Shephered was first published in 1725. The author, Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and wig-maker! VERIA BX 2
Very light chip to edge of front wrap else fine. ; Institute of Classical Studies Bulletin Supplement 113; 250 pages; Electra is a unique, complex, and fascinating Greek tragic heroine, who became a source of inspiration for countless playwrights, artists, musicians and filmmakers. The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra she famously supported her brother’s quest to avenge their father’s murder even at the cost of matricide. Her passion for justice and her desire for vengeance have echoed down the centuries to the modern era. Enshrined as the mourner of Greek tragedy par excellence Electra has enjoyed a long and rich reception history. Electra, ancient and modern, examines the treatment of Electra by all three ancient tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and their dialogue with the mythical tradition that preceded them. The focus then shifts forward in time to case studies of her reception in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gradually Electra’s dark desires re-emerge over the course of these three centuries until her passionate cries for vengeance are heard once again. Through its detailed analysis of Electra, this book also provides a helpful introduction to the study of Classical Reception, its ambitions and methods.
Institute of Classical Studies Bulletin Supplement 113; 250 pages; Electra is a unique, complex, and fascinating Greek tragic heroine, who became a source of inspiration for countless playwrights, artists, musicians and filmmakers. The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra she famously supported her brother’s quest to avenge their father’s murder even at the cost of matricide. Her passion for justice and her desire for vengeance have echoed down the centuries to the modern era. Enshrined as the mourner of Greek tragedy par excellence Electra has enjoyed a long and rich reception history. Electra, ancient and modern, examines the treatment of Electra by all three ancient tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and their dialogue with the mythical tradition that preceded them. The focus then shifts forward in time to case studies of her reception in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gradually Electra’s dark desires re-emerge over the course of these three centuries until her passionate cries for vengeance are heard once again. Through its detailed analysis of Electra, this book also provides a helpful introduction to the study of Classical Reception, its ambitions and methods.
Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum; 255 pages; The Gorgon's Severed Head looks at three plays of Euripides, one early, one middle and one late in his career. Innovations in genre, in the use of the traditional stories, in the representation of women and of gender issues are present at every period. In all three plays characters are depicted creating themselves and each other. Chapter One on Alcestis looks at the artistry of the two main characters and is especially concerned with finding a role for Admetus, the play's most serious problem. The second chapter treats the physical displacement of the myth in Euripides' version of the Electra-Orestes story. A last section approaches the layers of time and space in Phoenissae.
3 tomes: xviii, 227 + 224 + 319pp.avec frontispices, 2e édition, brochures originales illustrées (quelques manques de papier au dos, restaurés), texte frais et sans rousseurs, 18cm., peu commun, [répertoire des theatres représentées en Belgique, classée par ville & par date], M93928
complete in 3 volumes: cciii,470 + 362 + viii,437pp., 22cm., in the series "Bibliotheca classica latina sive collectio auctorum classicorum Latinorum cum notis et indicibus", cart.cover (spine in cloth, marbled plates), few foxing, text in Latin, Good condition, K72024
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 140 pages with b&w illustrations, color map at front. Contents include: Humanism and reformation -- theatre, an activity for the whole population, The Puritans' finest hour during the Counter Reformation -- the pastores vilify the theatre, The age of Enlightenment -- the arduous struggle for approval of theatricals, Regeneration and the young federal state -- an imported theatrical concept, Theatre for the people and the bougeoisie -- a gradual reconciliation of opposites [and five more chapters], with three appendices at rear. Uncommon.
[2], 76pp., engraved vignette on title, blank fore-edge of title-page cut away, disbound.
Minor browning and foxing to some pages. Book has been rebound in taupe boards with brown spine and white lettering. Scholar's name to ffep (W. S. Barrett). First 3 pages have been repaired with cellotape (including titlepage). ; A Doctoral Dissertation submitted on February 11, 1888 at the University of Leiden. Latin commentary on Euripides with passages in Greek. ; Inaugural - Dissertation; 216 pages
Light pencil marginalia. Covers are slightly worn at extremities. May have been rebound at one time. Former institution bookplate on inner cover. Former classics professor signature G. Norwood on ffep from Nov. 1906. Light foxing to inner covers. ; A Doctoral Dissertation submitted on February 11, 1888 at the University of Leiden. Latin commentary on Euripides with passages in Greek. ; 216 pages
Endpapers tanned. Errata page with pen line has been stamped to rear free endpaper. Pencil notes and underlining. Lower edges a bit bumped with small stain to rear board. Else VG. ; 211 pages
Light Edgewear/rubbing to corners and spine. ; 0.7 x 8.96 x 5.96 Inches; 229 pages; Comprehensive study of the three plays of Aeschylus' Oresteia.
pp. [18], 89. pp. 49/50 in xerox facsimile. Small candle burn hole in 7 leaves. Modern leather backed boards. 4to. "The preface is Dryden's first important critical essay on comic themes and gives to this play, which both Pepys and Evelyn denounced as 'smutty' and 'profane', an importance it would not otherwise have." The play iself is based on : Molières "Le dépit amoureux" and Corneilles "Le feint astrologue", which in turn was taken from "El astrologo fingido" by Calderon. Pforzheimer Cat. 325; Macdonald 75b; Wing D2274. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W151.
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Very Minor shelfwear to book else fine. Dustjacket spine sunned and discolored. ; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae. ; 774 pages
Very Minor shelfwear to book else fine. Dustjacket has edgewear with a bit of chipping. ; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae. ; 774 pages
Light dust-soiling to textblock else fine. DJ is tattered with tears and chipping but mostly intact. ; 774 pages; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae.
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Else book is fine. DJ has tears and chipping with creasing to DJ flaps but mostly intact. ; 774 pages; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae.
Minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has edgewear and rubbing with one closed tear at bottom near spine. ; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae. ; 774 pages
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has chipping and tears. DJ edges have been reinforced with cellotape. ; 774 pages; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae.
Book has been rebound in cream boards (now browned in places) and black spine. Previous owner has written title to front board in large black marker. Stamps from E. J. Brill on lower corners of some pages and in pen, handwritten "30A" to top corners of some pages (possibly E. J. Brill's own copy? ). ; 263 pages
Very light shelfwear. Internally Fine. ; Classical and Byzantine Monographs Vol. XIX; 284 pages
pp. (3), 317 (1). 12 mo. Foxed. Somewhat worn contemporary full leather binding, spine gold. Marbled endpapers. Several early ownerships, including: La Condamine; P. Duputel; etc. Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701-1774) was a French explorer, geographer, and mathematician. He spent ten years in present-day Ecuador measuring the length of a degree latitude at the equator and preparing the first map of the Amazon region based on astronomical observations. The present book is a scarce early work of French literary criticism, which collects some texts not available elsewhere. It includes: 'L'Iliade, tragi-comédie', with Mme Dacier, Fontenelle, La Motte and Saurin as characters. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR3
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock and to DJ flaps. ; 288 pages; This volume is a companion to the new text of Sophocles, published as part of the Oxford Classical Texts series. The editors present their views on a large number of controversial passages in the plays to provide an illuminating survey of Sophoclean scholarship, and a detailed textual analysis.
Foxing to textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor sunning to DJ spine. ; A fresh Latin text of Seneca's Troades and an English version, with an extensive introduction and critical commentary.. Argues that Troades was not intended for stage production, the author also discusses the atmosphere of Rome at the time the play was written, when both political and poetic life were felt to be in decline. ; 430 pages