Nieupoort, G.H.: (Nagel, Carel Ferdinand, ed,:)

Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio; ad intelligentiam veterum auctorum facile methodo conscripta [...].

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: [s.n.], 1802. 8vo., pp. viii, 614, [ii] + additional engraved title + 11 plates, 10 of which folding. With half-title, a few pages unopened at fore-edge. Occasional very faint spotting, some light toning, light damp staining at fore-edge increasing towards rear and becoming pinkish. Contemporary vellum prize binding with certificate bound in, spine gilt, gilt arms of Utrecht centrepiece to each board surrounded by border and corner tools, edges sprinkled red and blue. Spine a little darkened, a few small marks, all ties bar one lost, very good indeed. An illustrated study of Roman rituals. Scarce in the British Isles, COPAC locates copies in the British Library and the Bodleian only. Spoelder 4.

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Oliver, William:

A Practical Essay on the Use and Abuse of Warm Bathing in Gouty Cases.

Bath: Printed by T. Boddely, for James Leake, and Wm. Frederick, and sold by Hitch, and Hawes, and M. Cooper, 1753. Second edition. 8vo., pp. [iv], 96, [viii]. With half title. Some small repairs and short marginal tears to half title, first and last leaves a little dusty. Late 19th c. Half dark brown morocco, gilt title to spine, green marbled paper boards, blue endpapers. Joints and corners a bit rubbed, very good. Bookplate (with crest) of John Kent Spender, M.D. to front pastedown. Though by all accounts an engaging and competent physician, and very much involved in establishing Bath General Hospital in 1742, Dr William Oliver published little apart from this treatise on the therapeutic use of spa waters in the treatment of gout. However his name lives on in the form of the Bath Oliver biscuit, which he invented as a digestive aid for his patients. John Kent Spender's obituary (BMJ, 22nd April 1916) described him as 'The last of the generation of physicians who laid the foundation of modern Bath as a health resort.' He worked for the greater part of his career at the Mineral Water Hospital in Bath and published prolifically, his most notable book being Therapeutic Means for the Relief of Pain, which won the Fothergill Gold Medal in 1874.

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Book number: 54177

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Optatus; (Du Pin, Louis Ellies, ed.:)

Sancti Optati Afri Milevitani episcopi De schismate Donatistarum, libri septem […] [...]

Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]: apud Andream Pralard, 1700. First edition thus. Folio, pp.[xxii], civ, 601, [I] + large folding map. Half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved device, finely engraved head- and tail-pieces, ornate initials, errata to final leaf verso. Remarkably the map appears never to have been bound in, and is loosely inserted opposite p.1. A few fragments of blue paper stuck to half-title near gutter, a few leaves lightly toned with faint foxing eg. pp.45-51, occasional light spotting, very faint damp staining to a few leaves near gutter, a few leaves with slight paper flaws to fore-edge margins, overall very good. Slightly later half sheep with brown paper-covered boards, red morocco label to spine, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Spine very worn, hinges split but cords holding firm, boards rubbed with some loss of colour, corners worn and frayed, a few pencilled bookseller's notes to ffep verso. Still a good, sound copy. Tiny paper label to top corner of front paste-down: J. Mosley Stark, 10 King William Street, London. Tiny paper label to top corner ffep verso: sold by C.J. Stewart, 11 King William Street, London. To the title-page, round blue ink stamp of St Hugh's, Parkminster. Celebrated edition of this contemporary history of the 4th-cent. north African Donatist heresy, the editor inserts other material relevant to north African and Donatist history and geography. His recension of the text was used later by Migne in his 'Patrologia Latina'. Graesse V 30: "C'est la meilleure éd. faite sur 5 mss."

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Book number: 54563

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[Ovid] Ovidius Naso, Publius: (Cnipping, Borchard, ed.:)

Opera Omnia, in tres Tomos divisa, cum integris Nicolae Heinsii, D.F. lectissimisque variorum notis: quibus non pauca, ad suos quaeque antiquitatis fontes diligenti comparatione reducta, accesserunt, studio Borchardi Cnippingii.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Typographia Blaviana, 1683. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [xvi], 832, [14], [2, blank]; 805, [11]; 810, [10]. Each volume with an engraved titlepage (vol. 1 with a typographical title-page as well); vol. 2 with full-page engravings within the pagination. Contemporary vellum boards, spines lettered in ink. Some minor spotting, one or two edge-tears, a dampmark to fore-margin of first 30 leaves in vol. 2. Vellum somewhat dusty, front pastedown of vol. 1 partially torn. Bookplate of G.E. Larden to front pastedown of vols. 2 and 3 (possibly removed from vol. 1), vol. 3 with the ownership inscription of G.H. Larden to margin of title-page and flyleaf (the latter also giving the place as Macclesfield). 'I have classed all those impressions of Ovid, printed at the same place, and more or less partaking of the editorial labours of N. Heinsius, Schrevelius, and Cnippingius, under the same head... Schrevelius was the editor of the first edition; and and Cnippingius of the second; which latter Harwood pronounced to be the best: yet that of 1683 is perhaps the general favourite' (Dibdin). This imprint not recorded there, but see Dibdin (4th edn.) II 267, referring to the 1683 Leiden edition.

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Book number: 53239

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Dionysius Periegetes (Hill, William, ed.:):

Orbis Descriptio, commentario critico & geographico (in quo controversiæ pleræque quæ in veteri geographia occurrunt explicantur, & obscura plurima elucidantur) ac Tabulis illustrata […]; Grammaticarum in Dionysii […].

Londini [London]: Typis M. Clark, impensis J. Martyn ad insigne Campanæ in Coemeterio D. Pauli. 1679; 1678 8vo, pp. [viii], 55, [iii], 61-472 (as usual) + 8 leaves of plates. Some further illustrations in the text. A few leaves unopened at fore-edge, some tiny worm trails (one to fore-edge margin from start to approx. p.16 including two maps but not affecting images or text; another sporadic trail to gutter margin), paper flaw to M1 affecting a few letters. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, edges sprinkled red. Spine slightly greyed, some spots and smudges, end band at tail of spine frayed, pastedowns lifting and a little foxed, still very good overall. Obscured ownership inscription to title-page. Dionysius Periegetes' Greek hexameter verse description of the then-known world, with Hill's extensive notes. 'Grammaticarum in Dionysii […]' has a separate title page, with the imprint "Ex officinal M. Clarke, 1678", on E6 recto (the pagination and signatures are continuous). ESTC R215282; Schweiger I, 101; Wing D1521.

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Book number: 54525

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Petit, Pierre:

De Amazonibus Dissertatio.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Johannem Wolters et Ysbrandum Haringa, 1687 12mo. pp. [12], 398, [12] + 1 folding map of the Mediterranean. Engraved titlepage with portrait of amazon, numerous small engravings of amazons or ancient coins and medals portraying amazons or their weapons. Engraved title a little dusty at margins, small hole (paper flaw) to outer blank margin of title, slight yellowing. Contermpoary Netherlandish vellum, yapp edges, title inked to spine. Modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. A very good, clean copy of the second edition of this curious treatise on the existence of Amazons, first published in 1685 by the French physician Pierre Petit (b. 1617). The first scholarly work entirely devoted to a subject which had elicited the interest of the likes of Thévet and Mercuriale, it boasts a painstaking amount of information on all accessible evidence and observations from ancient and more recent sources. It discusses the nature of the Amazons' commonwealth, suggested identifications (e.g., with Scythian women), their territories and religion, the custom that Amazons should have their right-hand breast removed, and so on. The engraved statues, coins and medals provide a novel comparative stance of the iconography of Amazons - although some of the items portrayed were actually antique-style fakes. The work also features fascinating debates on the nature of men and women.

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Book number: 53650

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Phaedrus, Gaius Julius: (Burmann, Pieter, ed.:)

Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque. Cum novo commentario Petri Burmanni.

Leidae [Leiden]: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1727. Burman's 4th edition. 4to., pp. [lii], 263, xlix, 93, [i] + additional engraved title-page and folding portrait plate of the editor. Title-page in red and black with woodcut printer's device, head- and tail-pieces. Francis Hare's 93-page 'Epistola Critica' at rear, the presence of which indicates a large paper copy according to Lamb. Toned, with some leaves quite strongly affected. Light spotting. Small closed tear to middle of title-page (possibly a paper flaw), closed tear to lower margin leaf H3, final few sections with damp stain to lower fore-edge corner. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt frame and borders, gilt centrepiece with the arms of Rotterdam to each board. Ties lost, boards a little splayed, top corner of upper board lightly bumped, few smudgy marks, good overall. Book label to front paste down, A. Roobol, and Cat '259' in blue ink. Plain endpaper with an inscription crossed through, illegible. 'To this day Burman's edition of 1727 is the only complete commentary on Phaedrus and has not been superceded. Unlike his variorum editions, the notes are Burman's own work. He uses conjecture sparingly and often discusses the emendations of other scholars at considerable length.' (Lamb, Annales Phaedriani, p.vi). Dibdin II (4th ed.) 281; Schweiger II 736; Lamb 167; Spoelder 661, Rotterdam 1.

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Philostratus, Lucius Flavius: (Blount, Charles, trans.:)

The two first books of Philostratus concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus: written originally in Greek, and now published in English: together with philological notes upon each chapter.

London: printed for Nathaniel Thompson, 1680. First edition of this translation. Small folio, pp. [viii] 243 [i]. Title in red and black, woodcut initials, tree of the intellectual genealogy of philosophers on p. 145. Small hole to the centre of leaves Z3- Z4 affecting a few words, some tiny spots and scorch marks, occasional light toning. Contemporary speckled calf boards neatly rebacked with older label preserved, corners repaired, endpapers replaced, very good. First edition of the first English translation of Philostratus, by Charles Blount (1654-1693), an important associate and admirer of Thomas Hobbes. Blount, a deist or religious freethinker, added detailed notes to his rendering of this 3rd century AD work of pagan hagiography, which attack witchcraft (a code for the established church), and suggest that the teachings of the pagan philosopher Apollonius were more valuable than Christ's. The notes reveal the influence of Thomas Hobbes and were thought by the encyclopaedist Pierre Bayle to have been based on nunpublished notes by England's first metaphysical philosopher, and original deist, Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1654-1709). The book was subsequently banned in England and only reprinted on the continent. ESTC R4123; Wing P 2132.

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Book number: 54327

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Pindar:

Ta Tou Pindarou Sesosmena. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Ex editione Oxoniensi.

Glasguae [Glasgow]: excudebant R. & A. Foulis, 1754, 1754, 1757, 1758. 4 vols. 32mo. (75 x 47mm), pp. [ii], 158; 186, [iv]; 128; 79, [I] + the rest of the text block made up with a roughly equal number of binder's blank leaves. Title-page to each volume, additional series title to volume I. Vol. I without its final blank, vol. II with both final blanks. First words of title transliterated from Greek. Occasional spotting and light toning, a few faint stains, very good. Early c.20th dark blue crushed Morocco, gilt titles to spines, top edges gilt, ornate gilt dentelles. Spines a little sunned, lightly rubbed, very good indeed. First words of title transliterated from Greek. Though he doesn't comment directly on this edition, Dibdin notes Harwood's observation on the first Foulis edition of 1744, that he has 'read this edition twice through and affirm it to be one of the most accurate of the Glasgow editions of the Greek classics.' He also notes that the later edition of 1770 is less accurate, according to Harles. ESTC T134377; Gaskell 274; Dibdin II. 4th Edn. 290; Bondy 23-4; Mikrobiblion 192; Spielmann 413-5.

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Book number: 54285

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[Plautus] Plautus, Titus Maccius: (Pareus, Philippus, ed.:)

Comoediae XX superstites et deperditarum fragmenta.

Francof. [Frankfurt]: Philip Jacob Fisher, 1641. 8vo. 3 parts in 1, pp. [224], 826, [2], 31, [1], 85, [1], with engraved title. Title in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut vignette to verso of last. Title dusty, some scattered foxing or dampstaining, small paper flaw and minor clean tear to outer blank margin of two leaves. Contemporary vellum over boards, yapp edges. 'The last edition of [Johannes Philippus] Paré in which were corrected several criticised passages of the previous editions' (Graesse V, 328-29). In addition to Plautus's twenty comedies, it features numerous fragments, 'Querolus' and 'Animadversionum ablegmina'. Graesse V, 328-29. Not in Dibdin.

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Book number: 53281

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[Pliny the Elder:] Plinius Secundus, Gaius: (De Laet, J., ed.:)

Historiae Naturalis Libri XXXVII.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635. First edition thus. 3 vols., 12mo, pp. [xxiv], 654, [xviii]; 631, [xvii]; 582, [xviii]. Engraved titlepage, small woodcut portrait of Pliny. With 'variae lectiones' and indexes at end of each vol. Slight toning, occasional minor spots, titles dusty, 1: one lower outer blank corner minimally torn, 2: small loss to lower blank margin of one leaf. Full blue morocco c.1800, signed by C. Hering (binder's ticket), blind-tooled, straight-grained calf doublures with gilt edges, raised bands, spines gilt-lettered, a.e.g. (boards and joints rubbed, free endpapers soiled). Later annotation to original rear endpaper. The first Elzevier edition of Pliny's 'Natural History', which became extremely popular with later collectors. De Laet was a Leiden historian and editor who wrote or produced a number of texts for the Elzevir press. In the dedication, to the lawyer and French royal counsellor Jerome Bignon (1589-1656), he states that he drew on the edition of Claude Saumaise. Willems 428; Dibdin (3rd edn.) II, 323.

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Book number: 53181

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Pollux, Julius: (Lederlin, J.H.; Hemsterhuys, T.):

Onomasticon Graece & Latine.

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Ex Officina Wetsteniana, 1706. 2 vols. in 1. Folio, pp. [viii], 48, 683, [I]; [ii], 687-1388, [xvi], 178, [x] + additional engraved title-page, signed: I. Mulder, delin; W. Broen, sculp., and folding numismatic plate opposite p.1027. Engraved frontispiece (included in register): arms of Amsterdam and view of Amsterdam, 10 shields, signed: Mulder, fec.. Half-title to each vol., title-page vol. I in red and black, woodcut initals. Text in Latin and Greek in parallel columns. Occasional very light spotting, final 7 leaves dampstained at fore-edge margin, very good. Contemporary gilt panelled vellum, central gilt coat of arms of Haarlem to both boards. Some light smudgy marks, ties lost, very good. An interesting and important edition of the 2nd-century AD Greek thesaurus of Iulius Pollux, which had been begun and abandoned by Jean-Henri Lederlin (1672-1737). His replacement as editor, Tiberius Hemsterhuys (1685-1766), professor at Amsterdam, has "the honour of reviving the study of Greek in the Netherlands" (Sandys). For this edition he wrote for advice to Richard Bentley, the expert on Greek metre, but received his suggestions after the book went to press. Bentley later sent a long letter giving corrections to the texts of the fragments of comedy as found here in book 10. "So deep was [Hemsterhuys's] distress that he determined to abandon Greek for ever, and for two months did not dare to open a Greek book" (ibid.) Pollux is a source of information on many subjects, including theatre, the Athenian constitution, and the thirty-three terms of abuse for a tax-collector. The text survived only in interpolated copies of an early interpolated epitome. Schweiger I 270 "Gute Ausg."; Sandys II 449; Spoelder 1.

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Book number: 54329

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Pomey, F.: (Pitiscus, S.:)

Pantheum mythicum, seu fabulosa deorum historia [...]

Amstelodami [Amsterdam] & Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Schouten & J.J.A. Poolsum, 1777. 10th ed. thus. Small 8vo., pp. [xvi],298, [xiv] + 27 plates, and engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces. Inkstamp and ms code to title-page, but internally very clean. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red Morocco label, gilt borders, gilt coat of arms of Arnhem to each board, edges red. Spine and corners lightly rubbed, very good. With presentation certificate with signatures, made out to to G. A. La Borde and dated 1795. Tenth edition of a Jesuit handbook to pagan gods, first published 1658, re-edited by Samuel Pitiscus. Graesse IV 793 (earlier editions). Spoelder 7.

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Book number: 54308

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Rapin, Rene:

Les Artifices des Heretiques.

Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy. 1681. 12mo. pp. [xii], 444. Woodcut vignette to title. Small clean tear from outer edge of p.271, few leaves a trifle browned or dampstained. Contemporary sprinkled calf, raised bands, spine triple gilt ruled, gilt fleurons and tendrils, all edges sprinkled red. Boards and outer edges rubbed. A rather vigorous Jesuit diatribe against Jansenism as an heretical imposture, listing the 24 psychological techniques and social behaviours by which Jansenists pass themselves off as 'saintly people'.

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Book number: 53164

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Rowlands, Henry: [Owen, Henry, ed.:]

Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Antient Seat of the British Druids. In two essays. With an appendix, containing a Comparative Table of Primitive Words, and the Derivatives of them in several of the Tongues of Europe; with Remarks upon them.Together with some Letters, and three Catalogues, added thereunto. I. Of the Members of Parliament from the County of Anglesey. II. Of the High-Sheriffs; And, III. Of the Beneficed Clergy thereof.

London: printed for J.[ohn] Knox, near Southampton-Street in the Strand, 1766. Second edition, corrected and improved. 4to., pp. xi, [v], 357, [iii] + 12 plates + 1 map frontispiece. With errata leaf and publisher's catalogue at rear. The plate of a king is here numbered XI, as found in some copies. Occasional annotations to margins in an old hand, corrections neatly inserted by hand. Occasional light foxing, some very slight transfer from plates to facing pages. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original gilt spine and label retained, corners and fore-edge neatly repaired, marbled endpapers, very good. Recent bookplate of David W. Phillipson to front paste-down. To initial blank, inscription of C.H. Cooper F.S.A. (1808-1866), Town Clark of Cambridge from 1849 until his death. The second edition of Rowland's (1655-1723) work, in which he hypothesises that Anglesey was an ancient Druidic centre and that Britain was initially established by the Phoenicians. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1723. Rowland had died in the year of first publication, and so it was left to Henry Owen (1716-1795) to correct and revise this second edition (London, 1766). An edition of supplementary topographical details overseen by Nicholas Owen (1752-1811) appeared in 1775. ESTC T139796

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Book number: 54388

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