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![The Description of Greece, by Pausanias, Translated from the Greek, with notes, in which much of the mythology of the Greeks is unfolded from a theory which has been for many ages unknown. Illustrated with maps and viewsd. A New Edition with Considerable augmentation. In Three Volumes [complete]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/949/818/683818949.0.m.jpg)
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Poiesis Philosophos. by Henri Estienne (Henricus Stephanus) Editor
Poesis Philosophica, Vel saltem, Reliquiae poesis philosophicae, Empedoclis, Parmenidis, Xenophanis, Cleanthis, Timonis, Epicharmi. Aiuncta sunt Orphei illius carmina qui a suis appellatus fuit oTheologos. Item, Hercliti et Democriti loci quiddam, & eor...
$9,500.00
A Voyage of Discovery Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring Into the Plausibility of a North-West Passage by Ross, John
London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. 4to. 4to. Contemporary calf binding with rebacked spine and raised bands. xxxix [1] tipped in errata slip, 252 p.p., cxliv. 15 colour plates [4 folding], 9 engravings [2 folding], 4 tables [2...
From Minotavros Books
CA$7,250.00
The Present State of the Morea, Called Anciently Peloponnesus by Bernard Randolph
Randolph's famous record of his travels in the Peloponnese in the 1670's and 80's, including the Aegean Islands, Crete and Rhodes. His account is unusual and interesting because, unlike most travelers of the time, he is interested in the contemporary lif...
$5,000.00
L'HISTOIRE de THUCYDIDE ATHENIEN, De la guerre qui fut Entre les Peloponnesiens et Atheniens by THUCYDIDES.:
Paris, De l'imprimerie de Michel de Vascosan, M.D.LVIIII (1559).. translatee de grec en françois par feu Messire Claude de Seyssel. Divided into 8 books. Folio, approximately 335 x 220 mm, 13¼ x 9 inches, decorated headpiece to beginning of each book, ...
From Roger Middleton
£3,500.00
Stephanou Byzantiou Ethnika kat epitomēn = Stephani Byzantini Gentilia per epitomen, antehac Peri poleōu De urbibus by Stephanos, ho Byzantios, 6th cent
Lugduni Batovorum: Apud Danielem à Graesbeeck, M DC LXXXVIII. [1688]. Hard Cover. [18], 786, [18]; [8], 27, [1], 9, [1] p.; 31.5 cm. folio. Greek text with parallel Latin translation. "Variæ lectiones ex codice ms. perusino, & admixtœ ejusdem not...
$2,500.00
The Description of Greece, by Pausanias, Translated from the Greek, with notes, in which much of the mythology of the Greeks is unfolded from a theory which has been for many ages unknown. Illustrated with maps and viewsd. A New Edition with Considerable augmentation. In Three Volumes [complete] by Pausanias [translated by Thomas Taylor]
London: Richard Priestley, 1824. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Maps and Plates,. Taylor's corrected second edition, adding his Notes which were omitted from the first printing. A complete set in original brown cloth over grey board...
From Arroyo Seco Books
$2,500.00
T. Livii Patavini historici clarissimi, quae manifesto extant, librorum decades, cum nuper in Germania inventis quibusdam fragmentis, rursus diligenter repositae. Cum indice non ad fastidium usque longo. Cum epitome L. Flori in omnes etiam non extantes libros. Cum M. Antonii Sabellici ad Livianae historiae variorum lectionem adnotatis. Cumque Iodoci Badii Ascensii de historico decoro regulis, & vocabulorum non omnibus notorum interpretatione, & in primam praefationem facili expositione. by LIVIUS, Titus Patavinus (Livy)
[ Paris ]: Vaenundantur ipsi Ascensio, 1530. Hardcover. Folio. 35 cm. ff. [22], 16, 323. Lacking final blank leaf. This copy does not contain the additional section printed a year later in 1531 (listed separately in Adams as L-1327), which included both ...
$2,100.00
Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum Cum Integris Notis Jani Gebhardi, Henr. Ernstii, & Jo. Andreae Bosii...Curante Augustino Van Staveren by Nepos, Cornelius
Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1734. Hardcover. Very Good. 5.5 x 8.1 Inches. Full vellum binding. Gilt stamp of University of Groningen, Netherlands on front and rear board, with gilt border and acorn motifs. Title in gilt on red spine label. [2...
From Minotavros Books
CA$2,500.00
DIONIS NICAEI RERUM ROMANARUM A POMPEIO MAGNO AD ALEXANDRUM MAMAEAE EPITOME Authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [and same in Greek above this Latin title]. EX BIBLIOTHECA REGIA by Cassius Dio (in the Epitome of Joannes Xiphilinus the Younger)
Paris (Lutetiae): Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis, 1551. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great. Small quarto ...
£1,410.00
The Works of Cornelius Tacitus. a New Edition, with the Author's Last Corrections. In Eight Volumes by Cornelius Tacitus; with an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c. by Arthur Murphy , Esq
London: Printed for John Stockdale; F.C. & J. Rivington; J. Walker; et al., 1811. SCARCE, this 8 volume edition with maps, and especially so in such lovely condition. Eight volumes in contemporary full polished calf, gilt backs with calf labels, the c...
From Dale Steffey Books
$2,000.00
Vita Iustinianim atque Theodorae, Augustorum nec non triboniani : iurisprudentiae iustinianae proscenium ... cum ad legum et corporis iuris intelligendam Historiam by Von Ludewig, Johann Peter. 1668-1743
Halae Salicae [Halle, Germany]: Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1731. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (square). Half bound vellum over brown speckled boards. All edges red. Spine lettered. xii, 752 p.p., plus [36] p.p. index. [11] engravings [9 folding] incl. fronti...
From Minotavros Books
CA$2,350.00
L'Histoire Du Monde, De C. Pline Second, Collationee & Corrigee...&Enrichee d'Annotations En Marge...A Quoy'a Este Adjouste Un Traite Des Poix et Mesures Antiques, Reduites a La Facon Des Francois Par Antoine Pinet & Seigneur De Neroy....Derniere Edition by Secondus Gaius Plinius [Pliny the Elder]; Pinet, Antoine [Translator]
Cologne: De L'imprimerie Jacob Stoer, 1625. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in pla...
From Minotavros Books
CA$2,250.00
The Works Of Lucian, From The Greek (Folo) by Lucian; Translated By Thomas Francklin, Vol I And Ii
London: T. Cadell, 1780. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Title Page Portraits Of Lucian, By Isaac Taylor. Xx, 480, 588 Pp. Original Quarter Calf Over Marbled Boards, 5 Bands, Spines Elaborately Gilt But Re-Backed With Remains Of Original...
From Arroyo Seco Books
$1,600.00
Lucans Pharsalia: or The Civil-Wars of Rome, Between Pompey the great and Julius Caesar / A Continuation of Lucans Historicall Poem till the Death of Julius Caesar by LUCAN
London: William Bentley, 1650. Hardcover. Translation by Thomas May. Two volumes. 24mo. Rebound in half black calf with marbled paper over boards, gilt, compartments. (10pp), 261pp; (8pp), 122pp. All edges gilt. Very good. Tight and quite handsome. Front...
$1,500.00
Orationvm Pars 1 by M TVLLI CICERONIS
Printed and Published by Nikolas Brylinger [Officina Brylingeriana] 1579 Basel, 304pp Woodcut printer’s device to title, three lions waiting for the sands of time to trickle through the hour glass. Woodcut illumination. Full Leather binding, with or...
£1,000.00
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