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

Glasguae (Glasgow): In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, 1747. Hardcover. Volume I only of a 3 volume set. IN GREEK with title page and one additional page in Latin. Full dark brown leather boards with maroon and gilt title label to spine. Raised bands to spine. Heavy chipping and wear to leather along spine, hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Penned previous ownership information to front pastedown, dated 1761. Spots of foxing to interior; although, it is heaviest to first and last few pages and fairly light througout most of the interior. 251 pages. CLA/032323. Very Good. More

Oxonii: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1726. Hardcover. Xenophon (c. 430 - c. 355 BCE) was a Greek philosopher, historian, and commander of the Greek army. He was also a student and friend of Socrates, and is considered to be one of the best writers of antiquity. This is his partially fictious biography of Cyrus the Great. The Greek and the later Latin translation have been revised and corrected by Thomas Hutchinson based on reviewing the Codex manscript at Oxford. This volume is printed in Greek and Latin. It includes a full page engraved frontispiece and one folding map showing Persia and the Middle East. Rebacked with modern leather spine over the original full leather boards. Black and gilt title label to spine reading simply: "Xenophontis." Gilt devices, rules, and raised bands to spine. Modern headbands, original endpapers, and modern linen cloth strips reinforcing both hinges. Wear and rubbing to boards, corners, and edges. Bookplate of George Benson Weston to front pastedown along with his ownership signature. Occasional spots of soiling and minor foxing, heavier on early and late pages. 695 pages plus errata, includes addenda and index. CLA/021323. Very Good. More

Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Sumtu E.B. Schwickerti, 1791. Scarce. A later edition of a work in Latin first published in 1727. Bound in quarter brown leather with titling to spine and with brown paper boards. Leather chipped on spine. Bumping and chipping to corners and edges. Interior pages have scattered foxing, browning to page edges. Ink notations on front pastedown and endpapers as well as some notes in text margins. About very good. Measures 5.25 x 9 inches. 802 pages. More

Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskereville, 1772. Hardcover. IN LATIN. Publii Terentii Afri (195/185 - 159 BCE) was a Roman comedic author, who was a slave for a Roman senator before gaining his freedom (George Wythe Encyclopedia). This book collects all six of his plays: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Phormio, and Hecyra. Professionally rebacked with modern tan leather spine titled in gilt with gilt rules. Original full marbled leather boards with modern endpapers. Wear to edges and corners of boards. Light toning to pages. Clean overall with occasional spots of foxing and light dampstain to top margins of early pages. Creasing and foxing to original front free endpapers. Creases to corners of several pages. Size: Quarto. 364 pages. CLA/020223. Very Good. More

Birminghamae: Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Hardcover. Lucretius (99 - 55 BCE) was a Roman poet and philosopher. This poem (in six books) is his only known work. It discusses the mechanical properties of nature and states that the soul is mortal and parishes with the death of the body. Bound in modern full tan leather with gilt floral stamps and green leather title label to spine. A few spots of mildew to boards and minor wear to corners. Marbled endpapers. Dampstaining to margins of all pages. A few spots of foxing. Heavy musty odor. Sold as is. Size: Quarto. 280 pages. CLA/012423. 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