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HOMER.
[Opera, in Greek, edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas.] 1488/89]
£175,000
Editio princeps of the writings attributed to Homer, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, two of the earliest, most important and influential works of European literature. "The Iliad...
2 volumes, Median folio (332 × 238 mm). Lately rebound to style using 18th-century brown morocco, spine decorated in blind with urn and lyre devices etc in... Read more
SOPHOCLES.
Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. 1502
£17,500
Editio princeps. One of the most important of Aldus's Greek editions both textually and typographically, this remained the best available edition of Sophocles' text until the 19th...
Aldine octavo (153 × 94 mm). Eighteenth-century English red morocco, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands, green morocco label, sides ruled in gilt... Read more
(GREEK ANTHOLOGY)
Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum in septem libros, in Greek. 1503
£12,500
First Aldine edition, a handsome copy. Based on the 1494 editio princeps edited by Janus Lascaris, this was the second edition of the anthology assembled by the early 14th century...
Aldine octavo (149 × 93 mm). 19th-century French red straight-grained morocco by Thouvenin, covers panelled with gilt fillets and blind foliate tooling, gilt... Read more
CAESAR, Julius.
C. Julii Caesaris quae extant. Accuratissimè cum libris editis & MSS optimis collata, recognita & correcta. 1712
£12,500
First edition, deluxe issue on large and thick paper, of Samuel Clarke's Caesar, justly regarded as one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century English publishing: "The most...
Royal folio (488 × 326 mm). Contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and recornered. Double-page engraved title dated 1712 (ESTC notes the existence of copies... Read more
CAESAR, Caius Julius.
Commentarii. 1478
£12,500
A handsome early incunable edition of the Commentaries of Caesar, the fifth overall, with contemporary rubrication. The text comprises the seven books of the Gallic War with the...
Folio (326 × 234 mm). 151 leaves (of 152), medial blank fol. 132 (sig. r6) present as a stub only, as often. Collates: a–p8 q6 r6 A8 B8 C4. 42 lines to a... Read more
(PICASSO, Pablo) ARISTOPHANES.
Lysistrata. 1934
£5,750
Limited Edition of 1,500 numbered copies of which this copy is number 978. Rare in complete glassine wrapper. Only a portion of the edition was signed by the artist.
Quarto, pp. 117 + [i]. Original pictorial patterned boards, titles to spine and front cover, complete with the original unprinted glassine dust jacket and original... Read more
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LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus.
[Pharsalia] Civilis belli. 1502
£3,250
First Aldine edition and one of the earliest of the Aldine octavos, issued just one year after the Aldine Virgil. It was the last to be issued without the anchor device. This copy...
Octavo (166 × 99 mm). Contemporary limp vellum sewn on five cords, ties defective, free endpapers pasted to a strip of fifteenth-century manuscript on paper (red... Read more
APULEIUS, Lucius.
The XI. bookes of the Golden Asse: 1639
£3,000
Fifth edition in English. First published in 1566, all earlier editions are unseen in commerce and this 1639 edition is distinctly uncommon, only two copies having appeared at...
Small quarto (174 × 134 mm). Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, red morocco label added to style. Contemporary inscription of John Heathcote to title; engraved... Read more
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HOMER.
The Iliad … [and] The Odyssey … Translated by Alexander Pope. 1802
£2,950
New edition. Pope's version of Homer, the work that established his fortune and set his fame on a firm foundation, had been completed by 1726. But in 1791 William Cowper had the...
5 volumes, octavo. Contemporary straight-grain crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, flat bands, single rule to boards gilt, roll to boards in blind,... Read more
(GARRICK, David) LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus.
De Bello Civili. 1651
£2,500
Presentation copy from Lord Camden to actor and playwright David Garrick (1717-1779), inscribed by Garrick on the verso of the front free endpaper "March 9th 1775. Lord Camden...
Vicesimo-quarto (111 × 58 mm). Contemporary red morocco, fleur-de-lys to spine and covers and all edges gilt. Engraved title page. Binding lightly rubbed, lower... Read more
LAWRENCE, T.E.
Letters from T.E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers. 1933-6
£2,500
First and only editions, the first-named one of 200, the second one of 300 copies. Both inscribed by Rogers to his friend and confidante Henry L. Bullen, the librarian of the...
2 volumes octavo. Original brown cloth, title gilt to the spines. Spines perhaps a touch sunned, front endpapers of both a little discoloured from clippings no longer... Read more
FRINK, Elisabeth.
Aesop's Fables. 1968
£2,000
First Frink edition. Limited to 250 copies and 25 hors de commerce numbered and signed by Frink on the half title.
Landscape quarto. Original binding by Mansell in full yellow and orange leather with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine gilt, printed at the Curwen... Read more
(HOBBES, Thomas, trans.) THUCYDIDES.
The History of the Grecian War: in eight books. 1723
£1,850
Hobbes's translation of Thucydides, taken (unlike the only existing English version at the time) directly from the Greek, was first published in 1629. "Forty years later, in Vita...
2 volumes, octavo (197 × 122 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, double gilt rules, red morocco labels to style. With 2 engraved folding maps and 3 engraved plates,... Read more
(FRAZER, J. G.) PAUSANIAS.
Description of Greece. 1898
£1,750
First Frazer editions, first impressions.
6 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt. Ownership ink stamps to front free endpapers and half-titles. Bindings lightly rubbed, occasional... Read more
(NONESUCH PRESS) HERODOTUS.
The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus. 1935
£1,250
Limited edition, one of 675 copies.
Quarto. Original blue quarter vellum, gilt title and decoration to spine, cloth boards with extra gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 9 wood engravings by V.... Read more
SALLUST.
Caii Crispi Sallustii quae exstant … 1737
£1,250
Large paper copy of the famous edition of Sallust by the short lived Gottlieb Kortte (1698–1731), whose installation as professor of jurisprudence at Liepzig in 1726 Bach hailed...
Large quarto (307 × 225 mm), in two parts, with continuous pagination and register. Bound by C. Smith in early 19th-century dark green diagonal-straight-grained... Read more
(FLINT, William Russell) HOMER.
The Odyssey of Homer 1924
£1,200
Limited Edition of 530 copies.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full brick morocco, titles to spine gilt, rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 20 tipped-in colour... Read more
(PLUTARCH) LANGHORNE, John & William.
Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the original Greek; 1826
£1,200
The Langhornes' Plutarch was first published in 1770 and went through a number of editions. Here their work is edited and corrected by the prolific writer, translator and editor...
6 volumes, octavo. Recent sprinkled calf to style, red morocco labels, spines numbered and dated in gilt, gilt rules either side of raised bands, covers with double... Read more
(RHETORIC) QUINTILIANUS, M. Fabius.
De Institutione Oratoria libri duodecim ad codicum veterum fidem recensuit et annotatione explanavit Georg. Ludovicus Spalding A.M. 1798–1816
£1,000
Large paper copy, from the libraries of two notable English collectors, of the best edition of Quintilian on rhetoric, the outstanding work of the German philologist Georg Ludwig...
Four volumes, octavo. Fine contemporary binding of purple morocco by J. Clarke (blindstamp on doublures), spines gilt lettered direct in compartments, wide inner... Read more
(GOODEN, Steven) AESOP.
Aesop's Fables. 1936
£950
Signed Limited Edition. One of 525 copies. Signed by the illustrator.
Small quarto. Original vellum, gilt titles to spine, gilt rule to boards, with small pictorial decorations to corners and centre, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt,... Read more
(O'NEILL, Eugene ed.)
The Complete Greek Drama. 1938
£600
A beautifully bound set of the eighteenth printing.
2 volumes, octavo (222 × 140 mm). Contemporary red morocco by Maurin, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, double-line ruling to boards, turn-ins, and... Read more
HUGHES, Ted & Christopher le Brun.
Shakespeare's Ovid. 1995
£600
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 50 numbered copies signed by both the author and illustrator on the limitation leaf and with an original signed lithograph.
Tall quarto. Original tan cloth, printed paper labels to spine and upper board, edges untrimmed. In the publisher's cloth slipcase. 2 lithographic plates by... Read more
KELSALL, Charles.
Classical Excursion from Rome to Arpino. 1820
£600
First edition. The Eton and Cambridge-educated Kelsall (1782–1857) adopted the life of a travelling scholar, publishing the fruits of his labours privately, such as his...
Large octavo. Original boards, skilfully rebacked to style in calf, gilt bands, black morocco label, edges uncut. Large folding engraved frontispiece after Kelsall, 3... Read more
(DOVES, PRESS) TACITUS.
Cornelii Taciti de Vita et Moribus iulii Agricolae Liber. 1900
£550
First Doves Press edition, first impression. A biography of the author's father-in-law, the general and governor of Roman Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola. As well as a biography it...
Octavo. Original limp vellum, titles to spine gilt. A few light marks to vellum. An excellent copy. Read more
ARISTOPHANES.
Lysistrata. 1926
£475
First Edition thus. One of 725 numbered copies signed by the translator.
Folio. Original blue half morocco, blue cloth boards, titles to upper board and spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a red morocco-backed slipcase.... Read more
