Norwich: J. Crouse, 1777. Hardcover. First Edition in English. Greek playwright Aeschylus (525/524 - 456/455 BCE) is considered to be the father of tragedy. Only seven of plays have survived and this volume collects all of them: Prometheus Chain'd, The Supplicants, The Seven Chiefs Against Thebes, Agamemnon, The Choephorae, The Furies, and The Persians. Bound in full tan leather boards with maroon and gilt title label to spine. Raised bands and gilt devices to spines. Marbled endpapers and speckled edges. Cracks to leather along both hinges; although, binding remains tight. Wear to corners and edges of boards, bumps to bottom edges of both boards, rubbing and minor discoloration to boards. Bookplate of Henry Drury Esq. to front free endpaper. Bumping to top corners of pages, creasing to several page corners, light dampstaining to bottom edges of a few pages, and occasional smudge marks and spots of soiling. Clean and bright overall. Includes half title page, title, 28 page preface, names of subscribers, 519 pages. CLA/020323. Very Good. More

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1899. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards with black title to spine and front cover. Wear to edges of boards, corners, and spine ends. Clean. Size: 6 x 3 inches. 267 pages. CLA/031819. Very Good. More

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Occasional spots of foxing though overall, text is very clean and bright. Tight binding. 242 pages. CLASS/070706. Very Good. More

Paris: 1781. Hardcover. RARE. Very good in full leather with raised bands and gilt tooled panels on spine. Gilt tooling on inner and outer edges of boards. Pages edged in gilt; somewhat faded. Leather on spine is cracked and chipped in places, but gilt is still bright. Bumped corners. Minor bookworm damage to boards in several places. Rubbing/minor staining to boards. Marble endpapers which are faded/rubbed. Laid paper interior is very clean with several spots of foxing and some fading to endpages only. Very light soiling to title page and half-title. Green ribbon bookmark is sewn into binding. Translated from the Greek by Giacomelli. Classical Literature. CLA2/2250. Very Good. More

Parisiis [Paris]: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1858. Hardcover. Rudolf Hercher ( 1821 – 1878) was a German classical philologist, who worked as a Grammar school teacher in Rudolstadt (1847–1859) and Berlin (1861–1878). He is especially known for his textual criticism of diverse Greek authors. Bound in marbled paper boards with quarter black leather spine with titling in gilt. Covers are lightly abraded and spine and tips have rubbing. Offsetting to pastedowns and free endpapers. Two previous ownership signatures on free front endpaper. The text is printed in two columns with the original Greek and the Latin translation. The text pages are lightly aged but clean and quite legible. Very good condition. Small quarto. 541,115 pages. CLASS/021023. Very Good. More

[Munich]: [Bremer Presse], [1923]. A hadsome leaf in Greek from the famed edition of the Iliad and Odyssey from the Bremer Presse, one of the most distiguished private presses in Germany. Of note is that their celebrated Greek type was designed by Willi Wiegand, which was "a happy blending of classic form and free rendering" (Will Ransom, Private Presses and Their Books). There were 615 copies printed on handmade paper in the press's 16 point Greek type. The edges of the pages were untrimmed except along the top edge. Very light chipping where removed from bound volume. A few reddish spots along the margins not affecting text.Two tiny white cloth tags used to affix to another surface. Accompanied by a one page description in English of the book from thepress.Very good condition. Leaf measures 8.5 x 14.5 inches. EPHEM/051923. Very Good. More

Amstelodami, Typis Danielis Elzeverii, Sumptibus Societatis. 1664. Hardcover. In Latin, this is a new edition of Heinsius's text of 1652 of the poetry of Ovid. A lovely small volume that contains the text of Ovid's first two books, the Amatoria and the Metamorphoseon. Bound in period brown mottled leather with gilt decorations and red label to spine. Expertly restored with dark brown Japanese tissue reinforcing both joints and off-white tissue reinforcing both hinges. Fading to gilt title on spine and there is a closed crack going down the middle of the spine. Original white endpapers with some fading and soiling. Text pages have lightly browned and there is occasional foxing but text is still clean and legible. There is a split between the two volumes but the text block remains firm. With a general title page with a woodcut illustration and an ownership signature, and each book has a title page with Elsevier's printer's device in vignette. Housed in a custom brown leather clamshellbox with gilt titling to cover. A nice copy in very good condition. Measures 2.5 x 4.5 inches. Box is about 5.5 x 3.25 x 2 inches. Volume I: 268 pages. Volume II: 292 pages. CLA/031423. Very Good. More

Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1879. Hardcover. Poggio (1380 - 1459) was an Italian scholar and early Renaissance humanist. He is best known for rediscovering many classical Latin texts. This set includes the life of Poggio, a memorial of the works of Poggio, and his tales. Ex-library with library stamp mostly removed from bottom of title pages and library stickers removed from front boards and rear endpapers. Both volumes are bound in three quarter red leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles to spines. Minor wear to hinges and edges of boards. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Both volumes have the original vellum wrappers bound in to the rear. Clean interiors with head and tailpieces and engraved initials. Text in English and Latin. An attractive set despite being ex-library. Volume I has 203 pages; Volume II has 248 pages plus 7 pages of ads. Very Good. More

Antuerpiae / Antwerp: Officina Plantinaiana Balthasaris Moreti, 1668. Hardcover. Tacitus (56 - 120 AD) was a Roman scholar and historian. This is a later printing of his works with commentaries by Justus Lipsius. Bound together with two additional works from 1667: Iusti Lipsi Dispunctio Notarum Mirandulani Codicis and C. Velleius Paterculus cum Animadversionibus Iusti Lipsi, Quas Postremum Auxit et Emendavit. In later binding of three-quarter black leather over glossy blue paper covered boards. Minor wear to edges of boards, a few spots of soiling, and minor scuffing to boards. Dampstaining to bottom margins of several pages including first title page. Notations in blue pen, blue pencil, and graphite pencil to several pages including first title page. Occasional spots of foxing and occasional chips / closed tears to page edges, but clean overall. Engraving to title page and last page of text, as well as engraved tailpieces and initials. IN LATIN. Folio, 15.5 x 10 inches. 547 pages plus Indices followed by Iusti Lipsi Dispunctio Notarum Mirandulani Codicis, Edition Ultima dated 1667, 36 pages, followed by C. Velleius Paterculus cum Animadversionibus Iusti Lipsi, Quas Postremum Auxit et Emendavit, dated 1667, 84 pages plus index and Privilegium Caesareum. CLALIT/010523. Very Good. More

Philadelphia: Impensis Mathaei Carey, 1793. Hardcover. Later edition. Text in Greek with Latin notes to rear. Bound in full dark brown leather boards with remnants of paper title to spine. Leather on front hinge is cracked. Writting in both pen and pencil to endpapers. Toning to pages and occasional spots of soiling. 22 pages Greek / 12 pages Latin. Size: about 6 x 3.5 inches. GRE/062322. Very Good. More