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1599ST16215hLugduni Lyon: Excudebat Guichard Julliéron apud Antoine de Harsy 1599. Editio Altera Second Edition; EDITIO PRINCEPS of books 24-28. 173 x 109 mm. 6 7/8 x 4 1/4". 12 p.l. 349 1 pp. 24 leaves.Edited by Isaac Casaubon. <br/> 18th century French polished calf smooth spine gilt in compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by leaf tools gilt lettering of owner's name Brunck at tail of spine red morocco label marbled endpapers older repairs to joints. Printer's device on title page. Text in Greek and Latin. Title page with ink ownership inscription of Bibliothèque Villelufpen and Richard Brunck; isolated ink marginalia in Hebrew Arabic Greek or Latin. Dibdin II 501; STC French 419; Graesse VII 125; USTC 158510. ◆A couple of short scratches and two small water stains to upper board shallow chip to head of spine leaves somewhat browned due to paper quality a couple of tiny rust spots but a very good copy clean and fresh internally in a sound binding.<br/> <br/> From the library of a notable--and perhaps notorious--classical scholar this is an important edition of the Greek philosopher's "Characters" with Isaac Casaubon's revisions to his translation and commentary of 1592 and the addition of five sections printed here for the first time that Casaubon had recently discovered at the Palatine Library. One of the earliest known works of psychology "Characters" contains pithy descriptions of the various types of human foibles noted by the Oxford Companion for their "remarkable vivacity and keenness of observation." A pupil of Aristotle and the master's successor as head of the school of Peripatetic philosophy Theophrastus ca. 371 - ca. 287 B.C. wrote widely on a number of subjects ranging from ethics to physics to botany he is considered the "father" of the last discipline. He would have considered these descriptions of such characters as "The Flattering Man" "The Stupid Man" and "The Oligarch" a minor work but it is one that has weathered the centuries. The present translation and commentary marked a milestone in the life of the great classical scholar Isaac Casaubon 1559-1614. Sandys says "It is not until we reach his commentary on the 'Characters' of Theophrastus 1592 that we find a work that is marked by his distinctive merit an interpretation of a text of the most varied interest founded on wide reading and consummate learning. It was a work that won the highest praise from Scaliger." Dibdin called the commentary "a rich mine of Grecian literature." Former owner Richard François Philippe Brunck 1729-1803 was a classical scholar of considerable note who devoted his leisure to the critical revision of the Greek poets. According to Britannica "He spent considerable sums of money in publishing editions of the Greek classics." Flaunting the established mode of editing and criticism he did not hesitate to make clarifying changes to difficult or inscrutable passages of text--whether these alterations were supported by manuscript authorities or not. Deprived of his royal pension by the French Revolution Brunck was forced to sell portions of his library in 1790 and again in 1801. Excudebat Guichard Julliéron apud Antoine de Harsy unknown
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1993BN108839Anger-Verlag 1993. 1993. Hardcover. Sämtliche Werke 4 Bde. <br/><br/>Sämtliche Werke 4 Bde. Anger-Verlag hardcover
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1824166494London: Josiah Taylor 1824. First Taylor edition of Theophrastus' timeless gallery of personality traits translated into English and beautifully illustrated with caricatures. The English translation is followed by the Greek text and notes. Taylor 1787-1865 was a philosophical and historical writer artist and inventor. Born into a family of engravers he initially followed this trade before turning to literature. This edition was welcomed with enthusiastic reviews the Literary Chronicle highlighting that "The sketches are bold and spirited full of character; there is scarcely an extraneous or unnecessary line in their whole engraving". This copy was bound for Sotheran's in London for Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale 1849-1912 with his gilt monogram stamp on the front cover. Dimsdale was a British banker and Conservative politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1901 to 1902. Quarto 270 x 193 mm. With 50 mounted wood-engraved illustrations. Late 19th-century green morocco over bevelled boards spine with raised bands gilt lettering in compartments monogram stamp "D" surmounted by a griffin's head and motto "quod Deus vult fiet" of Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale 1849-1912 on front cover marbled endpapers edges gilt. Spine and extremities faded to brown a few spots of wear at extremities front joint partly cracked short splits at rear joint ends and inner hinges but firm a little peripheral skinning to endpapers from adhesion margins of rear blanks toned occasional spot of foxing to contents otherwise clean. A very good wide-margined copy. hardcover
44912London: A J Valpy 1831. 24mo; burgundy leather over marbled boards; xvi 159 pages; b&w illustrations; front hinge is cracked and boards are rubbed else a very good clean tight copy. <br/><br/> London: A J Valpy, 1831 hardcover
