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130396Venice Venetiis Apud Juntas 1603. 4to. XLIV600 p. Overlapping vellum 23 cm Ref: Hoffmann 3563; Schweiger 1331; Ebert 22957 Details: Two thongs laced through the joints. Gilt red morocco letterpiece on the back. Printer's mark of the Giunta family on the title: a fleur-de-lys. Woodcut initials good paper fine printing Condition: old and small inscription on front pastedown; a bigger one on the front flyleaf. Name and a faint small inkstain on the title. Some very small wormholes near the lower edge keeping far away from any text; holes have occasionally been mended with a layer of thin paper Note: This volume contains the exhaustive and learned lecture notes of Fabio Paolino da Udine or Fabius Paulinus Utinensis on the description of the plague epidemy by the Greek historian Thucydides Thuc. Hist. 2.47-58. This epidemy reached the war-stricken city of Athens in 430 B.C. at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war which lasted from 431 till 404 B.C. Thucydides is the first to describe the social upheaval of a pandemy and its consequences. The identification of what was the cause of this pandemy is until this day a matter of controversy. Fabius Paulinus Utinensis born at Udine ca. 1535 was the very man for a commentary on this subject. 'His first training in Greek and Latin was at Venice with Bernardino Partenio. Later he went to Padua where he graduated in philosophy and medicine but studied rhetoric and Arabic as well. He practiced medicin for a time before he became public professor at Venice where he taught Greek in the School of San Marco and Latin in the Collegio de'Notai. Both chairs he obtained in 1588 as the successor of Bernardino Partenio'. 'Medieval and Renaissance Latin translations and commentaries vol. 8' Washington 2003 p. 180. Paulinus held his lectures in the library of the San Marco Gymnasium. The work starts with a list of 232 questions concerning the possible causes of the pest. Each chapter is preceded by the relevant Greek text and a Latin translation. § On the flyleaf a former owner has written a quotation from Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' chapter XLIII note 90: 'I was indebted to Dr. Hunter for an elaborate commentary on this part of Thucydides the plague of Athens a quarto of 600 pages Ven. 1603 apud Juntas which was pronounced in St. Marks Library by Fabius Paullinus sic Utinensis a physician and philosopher'. These passages of Thucydides helped Gibbon to understand the impact of the pest epidemy which ravaged Konstantinople in 542 under the emperor Iustinian Provenance: Name on the title of 'Joannis Molini'. This must be a relative of one of the 3 senators of the Gymnasium to whom Paulinus dedicates his work. The book is dedicated to 'M. Anto. Memmo' and the noblemen 'Francisco Molino' & 'Antonio Priolo' Collation: a-d4 e6; A-4F4 Photographs on request hardcover
1821298044Oxford: Parker 1821. hardcover. very good. 5 volumes 8vo foxing on end papers full vellum some soiling on covers interior clean hinges on volume 1 repaired volume 5 printed in Greek. Oxford: J. Parker 1821. Very good.<br/><br/> Parker unknown books
161431123Argentorati Strassburg: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. Lazarus Zetzner 1614. Very Good. Argentorati Strassburg: Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. 1614. First Zetzner Edition. Octavo 17cm.; 19th-century roan over papier-peint boards marbled endpapers; 3266448pp. collated complete; folding map plate woodcut printer's device to title page initials throughout. Leather chipped and dried with smallish loss at spine crown and biopredation along rear joint and upper cover fore-edge very faint evidence of gilt spine titling only else a Very Good internally clean and sound example. Sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri Bibliop. [Lazarus Zetzner] unknown
Volumes 1 has light bumping. DJ has some tears to spine ends and some spotting to DJ spine. Vol. 1: small tear to front panel of DJ (1 cm). Vol 2: minor chipping and browning to DJ. Vol 3: DJ has some spotting to DJ spine. A few small tears. Vol 5: old price to inner cover in pen. DJ spine a bit sunned. Very slight edgewear. Books range from VG to NF. Djs from VG- to VG+; V. 1: (1966) 480 pgs. ISBN: 0198141262; V. 2: 1962 edition 436 pgs ISBN: 0198140037; V. 3: 1966 edition pages 437-748. V. 4: 1970 edition 502 pgs ISBN: 0198141785; V. 5: 1981 edition 502 pgs. ISBN: 019814198X. ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/5/2022
Volumes 1 has former owner's name to ffep in pen. Vol. 1: tears to ends of DJ and lower front corner. DJ has a bit of spotting. Vol 2: a few tiny tears to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. Vol 3: minor creasing to foreedge of ffep. DJ has a couple of tears to head of spine. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has chipping to lower corners. Vol 4: a bit of bumping along upper edge of front board and corner. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Pages tanned. DJ is price-clipped. Vol 5: bumping to corners. Spotting to textblock. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ spine is a bit sunned. Very slight edgewear. Books range from VG to NF. Djs from VG- to VG+; V. 1: (1971) 480 pgs. ISBN: 0198141262; V. 2: 1969 edition 436 pgs ISBN: 0198140037; V. 3: 1969 edition pages 437-748. V. 4: 1978 edition 502 pgs ISBN: 0198141785; V. 5: 1981 edition 502 pgs. ISBN: 019814198X. ; 5 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/5/2022
33877Verona: 1735 Vol 1 1736 Vol 2. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First edition in Italian two volumes vol. 1 380 pp vol. 2 280 pp vellum 4to 12 x 8.5" 30 x 21.5cm. <br /> Easily one of the oldest books in our library still in good condition especially given its almost three centuries of age. A wonderful example of Italian printing and binding during the Enlightenment period. These 2 volumes on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in 5th century BCE by Thucydides are considered to be some of the first true Historical studies in the modern sense and this Italian translation helped disseminate ideas about War - it's dynamics and consequences Democracy and Governance Politics and Human Nature throughout Italy and Europe just when these topics were being widely debated. Translated from the Greek by Francesco Di Soldo Strozzi Fiorentino these volumes also include a life of the author by Tomaso Porcacchi a chronological table by Tomaso Gale in the appendix and a foldout map of Sicily. Edited by Dionigi Ramanzini and dedicated to Piero Gradenigo. A wonderful piece of History this copy of the Istorico Greco shows wear consistent with its age some stains wavy vellum and general scuffing. A very good copy nonetheless with an indecipherable very old previous owner signature reading " Guiseppe di." in quill and ink. A fine addition for the Antiquarian book collector. 1735 (Vol 1), 1736 (Vol 2) unknown
175948757Glasguae: excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis 1759. 8vo in eights 8 vols.; text in Greek and Latin; contemporary speckled calf gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments red and black morocco labels in 2 red speckled edges; spines toned and rubbed labels worn with 4 perished leaf R4 of vol. 6 with a small closed tear; text clean and bright. A good sound set. Gaskell 375. <br/><br/> excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis unknown books
33391 volume in-8° relié plein parchemin contemporain réemboîté, une garde du XVIIIe siècle. XXI f. (dont titre et table), 464 p., lettrines, bandeaux, culs de lampes, 1 mouillure marginale sur la bordure supérieure des 8 premières feuilles + 1 mouillure claire marginale sur la bordure inférieure des 4 premières feuilles, excepté ces défauts, intérieur en très bon état. Très bel ouvrage.
12652Paris, Gail Neveu (XIXe-XXVIe volume de la Collection in-8°), 1807(-1808). 8 volumes in-8, (4)-II-72-210-(2), (4)-263-(1)-203-(1), (4)-201-(1)-237-(1), (4)-181-(1)-297-(1), (4)-177-(1)-199-(1), (4)-IV-312, (4)-205-(1)-199-(1) et (4)-168-163-(1) pp., reliure de l'époque plein veau raciné (Bradel), dos ornés, Aigle impérial doré sur chaque plat ("Université impériale, Concours des Lycées de Paris"), toutes tranches dorées (dos un peu frottés, légères rousseurs). Texte en grec, latin et français. Etiquette de libraire au tome 1 : Brunot-Labbé, Libraire de l'Université Impériale.
1978204508Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
2141PARIS, 17 Volumes In-12 Reliure rouge, dos à 3 nerfs - 1 gravure frontispice - Tous avec 2 pages de titre : 1820, Lefuel, Lib & 1822, A. Payen, Lib avec gravure - entre 230 & 330 pages par volume - certains avec légères rousseus - 1e série, T. I, III, VII, XI & XII - 2e Série : II,III, IV, VI, VII & XII - 3e Série : III,IV, V, VI, VII & VIII - CHaque volume est indépendant l'un de l'autre - Propre - chaque volume peut-être vendu au prix de 50 - nous préciser lle volume choisi
PARIS, 17 Volumes In-12 Reliure rouge, dos à 3 nerfs - 1 gravure frontispice - Tous avec 2 pages de titre : 1820, Lefuel, Lib & 1822, A. Payen, Lib avec gravure - entre 230 & 330 pages par volume - certains avec légères rousseus - 1e série, T. I, III, VII, XI & XII - 2e Série : II,III, IV, VI, VII & XII - 3e Série : III,IV, V, VI, VII & VIII - CHaque volume est indépendant l'un de l'autre - Propre - chaque volume peut-être vendu au prix de 50 € - nous préciser lle volume choisi
1550322912Venice 1550. hardcover. very good. Very thick short 8vo. one gathering loose. Full vellum with title in gold all edges rubricated. Printer's woodcut device to title-page and last page. 12 440 1. Venice 1550. Very good.<br/> <br/> A fine Venetian edition of Thucydides' famous history of the wars between Athens and the Peloponesians.<br/> <br/> unknown
181229674London: J. Walter White & Cochrane Etc 1812. Book. VG. Leather. New Edition. 8vo. Two 2 volumes in recent half red morocco leather over navy cloth boards. Faded Marbled edges. New endpapers. 427pp and 398 pp. Two fold out maps. To which is added three discourses on the life of Thucydides On his qualification as a historian and a survey of the History by the translator William Smith. Foxing to prelims and title pages o/w sharp copies. J. Walter, White & Cochrane Etc Hardcover
1954mon0000181572Penguin Classics 1954-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Clean copy in good condition. Originally published by Penguin Books in 1954 this edition was published in 1962 by Cassell and Company. Penguin Classics paperback
181132394AB1811. Bilingual Edition Greek-Latin. Three Volumes complete set. Oxford J.Parker 1811. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I:XXIV 440 pages / Volume II: 418 pages / Volume III: 266 pages plus 60 unnumbered pages of Index Rerum and Index Verborum. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Occasional annotations and textmarkings. Bindings rubbed and a little dusty but very firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.Hinges all attached with only the front boards of Volume I and II slightly starting. Besides a few dogears a nd minor signs of only occasional foxing in very good condition. From the library of Daniel Conner Connerville / Manch House with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. This is a rare version of this text ! Thucydides c. 460 c. 400 BC was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods as outlined in his introduction to his work. Thucydides has been called the father of the school of political realism which views the political behaviour of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by and constructed upon fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. The Melian dialogue is regarded as a seminal text of international relations theory while his version of Pericles's Funeral Oration is widely studied by political theorists historians and students of the classics. More generally Thucydides developed an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plagues massacres and wars. Thucydides believed that the Peloponnesian War represented an event of unmatched importance. As such he began to write the History at the onset of the war in 431 BC. He declared his intention was to write an account which would serve as "a possession for all time". The History breaks off near the end of the twenty-first year of the war 411 BC in the wake of the Athenian defeat at Syracuse and so does not elaborate on the final seven years of the conflict. The History of the Peloponnesian War continued to be modified well beyond the end of the war in 404 BC as exemplified by a reference at Book I.1.13 to the conclusion of the war. After his death Thucydides's History was subdivided into eight books: its modern title is the History of the Peloponnesian War. This subdivision was most likely made by librarians and archivists themselves being historians and scholars most likely working in the Library of Alexandria. Thucydides is generally regarded as one of the first true historians. Like his predecessor Herodotus known as "the father of history" Thucydides places a high value on eyewitness testimony and writes about events in which he probably took part. He also assiduously consulted written documents and interviewed participants about the events that he recorded. Unlike Herodotus whose stories often teach that a hubris invites the wrath of the deities Thucydides does not acknowledge divine intervention in human affairs. Thucydides exerted wide historiographical influence on subsequent Hellenistic and Roman historians although the exact description of his style in relation to many successive historians remains unclear. Readers in antiquity often placed the continuation of the stylistic legacy of the History in the writings of Thucydides's putative intellectual successor Xenophon. Such readings often described Xenophon's treatises as attempts to "finish" Thucydides's History. Many of these interpretations however have garnered significant scepticism among modern scholars such as Dillery who spurn the view of interpreting Xenophon qua Thucydides arguing that the latter's "modern" history defined as constructed based on literary and historical themes is antithetical to the former's account in the Hellenica which diverges from the Hellenic historiographical tradition in its absence of a preface or introduction to the text and the associated lack of an "overarching concept" unifying the history. A noteworthy difference between Thucydides's method of writing history and that of modern historians is Thucydides's inclusion of lengthy formal speeches that as he states were literary reconstructions rather than quotations of what was saidor perhaps what he believed ought to have been said. Arguably had he not done this the gist of what was said would not otherwise be known at allwhereas today there is a plethora of documentationwritten records archives and recording technology for historians to consult. Therefore Thucydides's method served to rescue his mostly oral sources from oblivion. We do not know how these historical figures spoke. Thucydides's recreation uses a heroic stylistic register. A celebrated example is Pericles' funeral oration which heaps honour on the dead and includes a defence of democracy: " The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men; they are honoured not only by columns and inscriptions in their own land but in foreign nations on memorials graven not on stone but in the hearts and minds of men." Stylistically the placement of this passage also serves to heighten the contrast with the description of the plague in Athens immediately following it which graphically emphasises the horror of human mortality thereby conveying a powerful sense of verisimilitude: "Though many lay unburied birds and beasts would not touch them or died after tasting them . The bodies of dying men lay one upon another and half-dead creatures reeled about the streets and gathered round all the fountains in their longing for water. The sacred places also in which they had quartered themselves were full of corpses of persons who had died there just as they were; for as the disaster passed all bounds men not knowing what was to become of them became equally contemptuous of the property of and the dues to the deities. All the burial rites before in use were entirely upset and they buried the bodies as best they could. Many from want of the proper appliances through so many of their friends having died already had recourse to the most shameless sepultures: sometimes getting the start of those who had raised a pile they threw their own dead body upon the stranger's pyre and ignited it; sometimes they tossed the corpse which they were carrying on the top of another that was burning and so went off." Thucydides omits discussion of the arts literature or the social milieu in which the events in his book take place and in which he grew up. He saw himself as recording an event not a period and went to considerable lengths to exclude what he deemed frivolous or extraneous. Wikipedia hardcover
17954386Paris: Chez les Editeurs J.B. Gail. et P.F. Aubin 1795. FIRST EDITION 4 vols 8vo pp. iv xxxviii 374 2 frontispece; iv 363 3; iv 333 1; iv 337 3. Contemporary half sheep sprinkled beige paper boards spines divided by gilt rules tan and olive textured paper labels. A few minor spots. Extremities slightly rubbed corners of a couple of labels chipped. The first appearance of this significant translation the only 18th-century French text of Thucydides and the most authoritative modern translation since Hobbes’s English version of 1629. Lévesque a historian of Russia and France finds in the ancient source vital lessons for France then in the midst of the Revolution and his preface argues for Thucydides as the most political of historians and a source of practical advice for contemporary readers. Chez les Editeurs J.B. Gail... et P.F. Aubin hardcover
1897984N23London: J.M Dent and Sons 1897-1939. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4". Various. A grand collection of The Temple Classics thirty-three books of twelve selected works that are praised for their significance and longevity. A grand collection of The Temple Classics an array of popular classical literature selected for their significance and longevity. All published by J.M Dent and Sons between 1897-1939. Edited by Israel Gollancz a professor of English Language and Literature at King's College London. Scarce as such a large set.<br /><br />In the publisher's original blue cloth with a charming frontispiece at the beginning of every volume. Collated complete.<br /><br />The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. Volumes 1-6. Published in 1897.<br />The Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne translated by John Florio. Volumes 1-6. Published in 1897.<br />The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. Published in 1898. Contains a folding map as the frontispiece. <br />The Golden Legend or Live of the Saints as Englished by William Caxton. Volumes 1-7. Published in 1900.<br />The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living by Jeremy Taylor. Volume 2 published in 1900. A complete edition published in 1901. Includes advertisements from Dent and Sons to end papers.<br />A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. Published in 1900.<br />The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White. Published in 1901.<br />Thucydides' Peloponnesian War translated by Richard Crawley: Volume 2. Published in 1903.<br />The Hellenics and Gebir of Walter Savage Landor. Published in 1908.<br />The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi newly translated out of the Italian by T.W. Arnold. Published in 1926.<br />The Gul's Hornbook and The Belman of London in Two Parts by Thomas Dekker. Published in 1928.<br /><br />Another The Golden Legend or Live of the Saints as Englished by William Caxton. Volumes 1-3 and 5-7. Volumes 5 is a 1900 original while volumes 1-3 and 6 are 1930's reprints. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally very smart with the odd mark to boards. Small signs of shelf wear to head and tail of spines. Slight bruising to board extremities of Selborne Montaigne volumes 6 and 4 and Life of Johnson volume 2. Offsetting to end papers and the occasional spot. Browning to original advertisements in both Taylors. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good J.M Dent and Sons hardcover
1978332711Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Notes From the Editor neatly laid in.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1920314255Frankfurt am Main: Kleukens Presse 1920. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Full brown morocco stamped in blind spine titled in gilt patterned paper endsheets t.e.g. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Pericles' Funeral oration from the second book of Thucydides History of the Peleponnesian War. The German text is by Rudolf G. Binding.<br /> This is the fifth book of the Kleukens Presse; most copies were issued in boards the present copy is in a full brown morocco binding with elaborate decorative strapwork borders in blind. Rodenberg I104; Schauer II67 Kleukens Presse unknown
1920314255Frankfurt am Main: Kleukens Presse 1920. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Full brown morocco stamped in blind spine titled in gilt patterned paper endsheets t.e.g. Number 34 of 250 copies. Unpaginated 12 ff. First and last leaves are blanks. 1 vols. 4to. Pericles' Funeral oration from the second book of Thucydides History of the Peleponnesian War. The German text is by Rudolf G. Binding.<br/>This is the fifth book of the Kleukens Presse; most copies were issued in boards the present copy is in a full brown morocco binding with elaborate decorative strapwork borders in blind. Rodenberg I104; Schauer II67 Kleukens Presse unknown books
15834Vérone, Dionigi Ramanzini, 1735. Deux parties en deux volumes grand in-8, (20)-380 pp. et 280-XII-(2) pp., reliure de l'époque, plein vélin à dos lisse titré à la plume, tranches postérieuement mouchetées (plats salis, petit trou et épidermure sur le plat du premier volume).
19903000529Madrid.: Gredos. 1990. Hardcover. Good. 20 cm. 4 v. mapas. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Historia de la guerra del Peloponeso. Introducción general de Julio Calonge Ruiz ; traducción y notas de Juan José Torres Esbarranch. Biblioteca clásica Gredos. volumen coleccion 149 151 164 173. 1. Libros I-II 586 p. -- 2. Libros III-IV 436 p. -- 3. Libros V-VI 328 p. -- 4. Libros VII-VIII 357 p. . Traducción del griego. Grecia. 431-404 a. C. Guerra del Peloponeso . ISBN: 8424914422 Historia de la Edad Media y Moderna. Grecia. La antigua Grecia. Año 0431 a.C. a 0404a.C.9438"-0431/-0404" 94 Gredos. hardcover
166260247Paris, Augustin Courbe, 1662. Folio (359 x 220 mm). In contemporary full calf over wooden boards with six raised bands and gilt ornamentation and lettering to spine. Extremities with wear. Boards with stains and scratches. Lower part of back hinge and upper part of front hinge split. Dampstain to lower outer corner affecting from p. 497 till end. Otherwise internally fine and clean. (26), 599, (1), 29, (30) pp.
166260247Paris Augustin Courbe 1662. Folio 359 x 220 mm. In contemporary full calf over wooden boards with six raised bands and gilt ornamentation and lettering to spine. Extremities with wear. Boards with stains and scratches. Lower part of back hinge and upper part of front hinge split. Dampstain to lower outer corner affecting from p. 497 till end. Otherwise internally fine and clean. 26 599 1 29 30 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition of d'Ablancourt famous translation of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. The present translation went through four editions and constitute third overall French translation of Thucydides’ work. </em> hardcover
