[Sallust] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: (Boxhorn, M.Z., ed.:)

(Opera) [...]

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana. 1634. 12mo (120 x 65mm), pp. [xvi], 310, [xxxiv]. Engraved title, woodcut vignette of Sallust facing p.1, ornament of the head of Medusa on p.216, ornament at end of index. Very minor mainly marginal foxing, the odd spot. Later (c.1800?) straight-grained morocco, double gilt ruled, bordered with roll of palmettes in blind, spine double gilt ruled, gilt fleurons and dentelles, gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, a.e.g., silk bookmark. Wanting ffep, head and foot of spine and lower edges a trifle rubbed. 18th-century French bibliographic note to fly, illegible near contemporary autograph on [*]8. Second reprint of the first Elzevir edition, also 1634. Willems 412, Dibdin (4th edn) II 384.

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[Sallust] Sallustius, C. Crispus; Florus, L. Annaeus:

(Opera).

Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Typis Joannis Baskerville, 1774. 12mo., pp. [ii], 275, [ii]. Final leaf blank. Small marginal tear to pp.137-8, lightly toned. Later straight grain red morocco, gilt title and 'Baskerville' to spine, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, but very good. Small ink stamp of Berkelouw Booksellers, Sydney to ffep version. Presentation inscription to preliminary blank: 'Buckie Higher Grade School / 1905 / Leaving Certificate Examination / George Cowie / passed in Higher Latin / from the School Board [illegible]'. An illegible ownership inscription to title-page. Gaskell notes five different arrangements of the pagination in gathering O; this copy conforms to variant d). ESTC T131427; Gaskell 55

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[Sallust] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: [Crespin, Daniel, ed.:]

[…] opera omnia quæ extant, interpretatione et notis illustravit Daniel Crispinus, in usum serenissimi delphini. In hac editione prioris errata [...] corriguntur.

Londini [London]: impensis A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborne & T. Longman, B. Motte, J. Batley, & A. Ward, 1726. 8vo., pp. [xviii], 234, [c]. Title-page in red and black, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary calf, gilt ruled, edges sprinkled red. Some dark staining to boards, otherwise very good. To front paste-down armourial bookplate of George Strode Esq. of Newnham Park, Devon and ownership inscription of R. Strode. Based on Daniel Crespin's (1640-1716) Delphin edition. ESTC T111401

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Lucian of Samasota: (Mayne, Jasper, trans.:)

Part of Lucian Made English from the Originall. In the Yeare 1638.

Oxford: R. Davies, 1664. FIRST PART ONLY. 1st edition 2nd issue, folio, pp. [xvi], 398, [iv] + portrait frontispiece of Lucian signed: W: Faithhorne sculpsit.. As usual pp.162-167 and pp.316-317 are misnumbered as 182-187 and 306, 311 respectively. Woodcut device to title-page, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Some old repairs to frontis at gutter, to title-page verso (particularly head and tail edges) plus a few other places e.g. head of first dedicatory leaf, M1, Z1, and some other smaller repairs; small worm trail to bottom corner of fore-edge margin roughly pp.202-281, repaired in some places; light browning and possible dampstaining to head and tail edges near front and rear; occasional wax spots and tiny scorch holes, final blank leaf laid down.. Contemporary speckled calf boards neatly rebacked in polished sheep, raised bands and morocco gilt label to spine, blind-tooled borders, edges sprinkled red, endpapers replaced. Endcaps, raised bands and joints rubbed, a little chipping to edges, corners worn, a few light scuffs and scrapes. A good copy, soundly repaired. To the front paste-down: small book label of Charles Whibley. To frontispiece verso: various pen trials and doodled faces, plus inscriptions of Thos. Hartopp and Elizabeth Mallory 'Her Booke, 1694'. To title-page recto: two more inscriptions of Tho. Hartopp, and one of Ralph Welles. To final blank: another inscription of Elizabeth Mallory dated 1694 and another (seemingly in the same handwriting) of Elizabeth Welles; in the same hand a quotation, 'One moment gives Invention to Destroy / What to Rebuild would A whole Age Imploy'. This comes from William Congreve's play The Double-Dealer, which was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in November or December of 1693 and first appeared in print the following year. There are also what appear to be faded signatures on the leather of the lower board, though these are illegible. This version, with its title-page dated 1664, seems to be a reissue of the original 1663 first (the title-page of the first issue is dated 1663 and there is no portrait). The second part of the work is not found here; titled "Certain select dialogues of Lucian: together with his true history, translated from the Greek into English. By Mr. Francis Hickes", it has separate pagination, register, and title page with the imprint "printed for Richard Davis,... 1663". It appears that it was also issued separately (Wing L3425). ESTC R23081; Wing L3435

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ('the Elder') & Seneca, Marcus Annaeus: (Gronovius, J.F., et al. eds.:)

Opera, quae exstant [...] Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in Quaestionum Naturalium libros & (Greek letters) APOKOLOKHNTWSIN notae et emendationes.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Danielem Elsevirium, 1672. First edition thus. 3 vols., pp. [lviii], 869, [iii]; [iv], 998, [lxxxiv]; [xxiv], 750, [ii], 316, [xxviii]. Vol I with extra engraved frontispiece and further illustrations in text. Woodcut printer's device to title-pages with motto 'Ne extra oleas', woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Marginal notes in several different old hands to the first two volumes. Head margins faintly toned, occasional light spotting and a bit of foxing to vol. III, vol. I with unobtrusive repair to final leaf. Contemporary vellum with titles very nicely inked to spines, fore-edges turned in, edges lightly sprinkled blue. Vellum a bit dusty, a few small marks, very good indeed. Vol. I has an illegible ownership inscription in an old hand to its ffep, and a second inscription (possibly reading 'W.W. Kosteri') to the title-page. According to Harwood "the most beautiful and correct edition of Seneca.". Dibdin considers it "one of the rarest and dearest of the octavo Variorum classics: its typographical beauty is equal to its editorial correctness. Scholars who possess it will do well to treasure so valuable and commodious a work." This Elzevier edition is unusual in presenting in its third volume the writings of the younger Seneca, which Dibdin notes are omitted in the Antwerp editions. It contains the best notes available: those of the first great modern Senecan, Justus Lipsius in the late sixteenthcentury, and those of the second great Seneca scholar, J. F. Gronovius. Daniel Elzevier's dedication, to Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, covertly discusses the part which Elzevier played as printer for an orchestrated anti-Jesuit campaign. Willems 1477; Schweiger II, 913; Dibdin II 398-399.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: (Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, ed.:)

Tragoediae, cum notis Johannis Frederici Gronovii. Auctis ex chirographo ejus et variis aliorum.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex officina Henrici et viduae Theodori Boom, 1682. 8vo., pp. [xxx], 785, [xxxix], including engraved title-page. A few woodcut initials, couple of engraved numismatic illustrations. Some light waterstaining, upper edge dusty. Contemporary vellum over boards, title inked to spine (a bit soiled). 18th-century armorial bookplate of Henry Bowles Downing; Downing's autograph (dated 1738), autograph of Richard Thompson, Merton College (dated 1737) and bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to ffep. Amsterdam reprint of the third Leiden edition, esteemed by Dibdin as highly as the first (1651) and last (1708) editions on account of Gronovius's notes and its copious index. He describes the engraved title, which depicts the subjects of Seneca's plays, as 'very spiritedly executed'. Both Richard Thompson and Henry Bowles Downing were students at Merton College, Oxford. Dibdin II, 398; Schweiger II, 940

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Severus, Sulpicius:

Opera Omnia. quae extant.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1656. 12mo. 332pp., [4]. Engraved title, decorated initials and ornaments. Title and verso of last leaf dusty, one small marginal tear to title. Contemporary (Welsh?) sprinkled calf, blind ruled with arabesque cornerpieces in blind, raised bands. Joints a bit cracked but firm, covers little rubbed. Ex-libris of William Lhwyd to flyleaf. 'Re-imprint line by line of the edition produced by the Elzevirs of Leiden in 1643', 'very nice' (Willems 1207). Willems 1207.

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Shrubsole, William & Denne, Samuel; Fisher, Thomas, ed.

The History and Antiquities of Rochester and its environs: To which is added a Description of the Towns, Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, and Ancient Buildings [...].

Rochester: Printed and sold by T. Fisher, 1772. First edition. 8vo. pp. [xiv], 353, [1]. With 1 folding map and 5 plates, few small illustrations. Small clean tear to lower blank margin of one leaf, title and verso of last a bit dusty, last few leaves somewhat foxed. Modern quarter calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt-lettered label to spine. Stamp of Woods, Forests & Lands Revenue to title. First edition of this beautifully illustrated history of Rochester. William Shrubsole (1729–1797) was an English nonconformist minister, author of works on subjects as varied as local history, theology and even the Sheerness dockyards, where he was employed. The present work discusses the history of Rochester from the 11th century, lingering on its most important monuments. It was finished by the antiquary Samuel Denne, with the assistance of Thomas Fisher, printer, bookseller and alderman of Rochester. The initial folding map, with a plan of the city, also marks the ruins of the fire of 1768. ESTC T63426.

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Solerius Cemeliensis, Anselmus, pseud. [Raynaud, Théophile]; (Frisius, Andreas Wilhelmus, ed.): Bosso, Girolamo:

De pileo cæterisque capitis tegminibus tam sacris, quàm profanis. Editio novissima aucta, emendata & figuris æneis exornata; [bound with] De toga romana commentarivs, Accedit ex Philippo Rvbenio iconismus statuae togatae, et praeter indicem geminum, quem adjecimus, De modo gestandi togam ex Ferrario dissertatio.

Amstelodami [Amseterdam]: sumptibus Andreæ Frisii, 1671; 1671. 2 works bound as 1, often found together. 12mo., pp. [xii], 379, [xli] + 4 plates, including 3 folding; 84, [xii] + 1 folding plate. De Pileo with engraved title-page and second title-page with vignette (both part of first gathering), many engraved illustrations several of which occupy a full page, with final blank leaf. Very slightly toned but clean, short repaired tear to De Toga Romana's folding plate at gutter. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, edges sprinkled red. A few marks and smudges, corners very mildly rubbed, a very good copy indeed. Solerius' De Pileo is a curious work on hats and headgear, pseudonymously published by the French Jesuit theologian Théophile Raynaud (1583-1663). Amongst the numerous illustrations, the engraved title-page is signed by Romeyn de Hooghe; one folded plate is signed by Cornelis Galle. This 'new edition' of 1671 followed its original publication in Leiden in 1655. Here, it is found paired with the second edition of Girolamo Bosso's work on Roman secular and clerical togas, which made its first appearance in Pavia in 1614. Lipperheide 1650; Barbier III 700 & Lipperheide 220; Colas 399

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Spelman, Sir John: (Wase, C., trans; Walker, O., ed.:)

Aelfredi Magni Anglorum regis vita tribus libris comprehensa [...]

Oxonii [Oxford], e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1678. First edition. Folio, pp. [xl] 219 [i] [xii] + 7 engraved plates (no.XII bound upside down), of which five are of coins. 2 further engravings (half-page) in text. Anglo-Saxon, Black Letter, Roman and Italic text. Engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre on title-page, engraved royal arms at head of dedication (to Charles II). A few marginal pencil marks. Gathering K toned. Contemporary speckled calf, possibly later gilt title and rules to spine, marbled edges. Joints worn and just starting at head, head cap worn, still very good. Armorial bookplate of Gaddesden Library to front pastedown, and 'Gaddesden Park' pencilled to ffep. First edition of this life of Alfred the Great by the author and Royalist Sir John Spelman (1594-1643). It is believed to have been translated from the original English by Christopher Wase (1627-1690), the head of the Oxford university press, and edited by Obadiah Walker (1616-1699), the Master of University College Oxford. "[Spelman's] Life of Alfred was originally dedicated to Charles i, but the new dedication points out a quite special resemblance between Alfred's life and that of Charles ii, who had lived so long in exile" (Madan). ESTC R4024; Wing S 4934; Lowndes 2474; Madan 3197.

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Suarez, Francisco:

Enchiridion casuum conscientiae: ex Iure Canonico & probatis Doctorum tùm antiquorum, tùm recentiorum sententijs collectum, agit quidem primo de Casibus conscientiæ, de actibus humanis, & de peccato: in septem verò libris dispositis per eundem tractatibus ut infra de sequentibus […].

Brixiae [Brescia]: apud Bartholomæum Fontanam, 1628. 4to., pp. [viii], 517, [I]. Printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials, decorative headpieces, wide margins. A little toned around the text, pp.41-46 a little crumpled at top corner, dampstaining to lower fore edge corner approx pp.95-100 making the paper fragile and causing some small holes (not affecting text), tiny worm trail at edge of gutter pp.287-302, approx 1cm wax spot to p.294 affecting but not obscuring text. Contemporary limp vellum, title extravagantly inked to spine in an old hand. Spine darkened, some spotting, thongs snapped at upper joint causing the binding to loosen with binders waste that has been used as a spine lining also coming away, rear joint firm, ffep a bit ragged at edges, pastedowns lifting, still good overall. MS notes to endpaper verso opposite title-page, dated 1648. A few scraps of paper with illegible MS in an old hand loosely inserted. Seemingly rare in libraries in the British Isles, with COPAC finding only two copies, in the Bodleian and in Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Theologian Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) read philosophy and theology at the Society of Jesus at Salamanca and was ordained priest in 1572. He taught at the universities of Alcalá de Henares, Salamanca and Coimbra, as well as in Rome. He was one of the most highly respected thinkers of the Second Scholasticism, alongside Domingo de Soto and Roberto Bellarmino. This work on sacramental confession numbers among the 58 works of Jesuit penitential literature published between '1554 (when the first manual for confessors was published) and 1650 (when approximately the Jansenists began three campaign against this literature)' complied by Maryks in his Saint Cicero and the Jesuits (2008). Maryks mentions in a footnote the omission of this, Suárez's contribution to Probabilism, from his biography.

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[Suicer] Suicerus, Johann Caspar:

Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus, e Patribus Graecis ordine alphabetico [...] Editio secunda, priori emendatior, elegantior & longe auctior […]

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud J. Henricum Wetstenium & Gul. Smith, 1728. 2 vols., folio, pp. [8], cols. 1476; pp. [iv], cols. 1654, pp. [68]. Main text printed in double columns. Vol. I has engraved frontispiece ('G.F.L. Debrie inv. Cl. Duflos fecit 1728'), title-page in red and black (vol.I) with engraved printer's device with motto: 'Terar dum prosim' (both vols.). Engraved head-piece to Dedication ('G.F.L. Debrie inv. et del. F. Morellon La Care sculpsit 1728') incorporating coat of arms of Sir Richard Ellys (1688-1742), the dedicatee, with motto: 'Aperto vivere voto'. Woodcut initials. With half-titles (in vol. I, bound after the title-page). Occasional light toning, a few ink smudges to vol.II. Contemporary blind-stamped Dutch vellum, title inked to spine, sprinkled edges. Vellum a little grubby, small area of turn-in lifting inside the upper board of vol.II, very good. Ink inscription to ffep of vol.I: 'John Duke Coleridge, from his loving Father & Mother, for his birthday, Dec. 3, 1860, with their prayers for his health & happiness'. Inscription 'J.D. Coleridge' to vol. II. Small leather label with 'D.C.D.' and a cockerel crest in gilt to each front paste down, with some transfer to the ffep. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown vol. I, 'Sold by C.J. Stewart, 11 King William Street, W. Strand, London.' The second edition of this important resource for the study of Greek patristics, first printed in 1682 (and with a further edition following in 1746). Johann Kaspar Suicer (1620-84) was a Swiss reformed theologian and a philologist. John Duke Coleridge (1820-1894) English lawyer, judge and politician, was great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who had owned a copy (now in the British Library) and said of it: "Unfortunately I have none of the Greek Fathers—neither have I the Septuagint—but I have found much that I want, in Suicerus's Thesaurus Patrum, which I was lucky enough to buy for it's [sic] weight at a Druggist's—" (letter to John Prior Estlin, 26 July 1802). Graesse VI (pt.I) 525; Brunet V 586.

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Tacitus, Publius Cornelius:

[...] Opera, Quae Extant. Integris J. Lipsii, Rhenani, Ursini, Mureti, Pichenae, Merceri, Gruteri, Acidalii, Grotii, Freinshemii, & selectis aliorum commentariis illustrata. Joh. Fred. Gronovius recensuit, & suas notas passim adjecit. Accedunt Jacobi Gronovii excerpta ex variis lectionibus M.S. Oxoniensis.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Daniel Elzevir, 1672. 2 vols. 8vo, pp. [xxxii], 1224; [ii], 899, [xi], [ccxxiii]. Additional engraved title-page to first vol., woodcut device to title-page, woodcut head & tail pieces & initials. Occasional light foxing, small loss to fore-edge margin of engraved title-page, vol. II with one front endpaper excised and a marginal scorch-hole to Y7. Late 19th-century red straight-grain morocco, spines and boards blind tooled, gilt titles, a.e.g, green endpapers. Joints, endcaps and corners a bit rubbed, a few faint spots and smudges but very good overall. To front paste-down of each volume a 20th-century bookplate of James Elwin Millard. To front paste-down of vol. I, small bookseller's ticket of Edward Rainford of 12 Red Lion Passage. To preliminary blank, MS extract from Dibdin. Described by Dibdin as more 'beautiful and valuable' than the 1685 Bleau edition, though he observes that the Bipont editors consider that 'its accuracy is not equal to its beauty'. Contains the notes of various commentators including J.F. Gronovius, who unfortunately died before the work was completed. Willems 1479; Dibdin II (4th ed.) 453

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[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Phaedrus; Publilius Syrus:) (Bentley, Richard, ed.:)

Comoediae. Recensuit, notasque suas et Gabrielis Faerni addidit Richardus Bentleius. Editio altera; Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum; Sententiae.

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud R. & J. Wetstenios, & G. Smith, 1727. 2 vols in 1. 4to, pp. [xxxii], 444, [clxxxii]; [viii] 87 [xcvii] + 3 plates. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, divisional half title preceeding Phaedrus. Wanting final blank of vol. 1, slight browning in a few places, edges of first half-title and verso of last leaf a bit soiled. Contemporary tree calf, bordered with roll of gilt palmettes, gilt arms of Middelburgto covers, spine gilt-tooled and lettered. Upper joint, corners, head and foot of spine recently and very well repaired. Beautifully bound. The second (and best) edition of Bentley's Terence, which also includes the Fables of Phaedrus and the Sentences of Publilius Syrus. The first edition was published in Cambridge the previous year, but "that of Amsterdam, according to Harwood, is the most valuable, as Bentley communicated to Wetstein, the publisher, many additional notes and emendations" (Dibdin). Dibdin (4th edn.) II 474. Schweiger III 1068.

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[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Westerhovius, A.H.:)

Comoediae Sex, ad fidem duodecim amplius Msstorum Codicum, et pluscularum optimae notae Editionum recensitae, et Commentario Perpetuo illustratae [...] Curavit Arn. Henr. Westerhovius.

Hagae-Comitum [The Hague]: Apud Thomam Johnsonium, 1726. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [x], lxxxix, 859, [1]; [ii], [861]-1240, 244, [380] + engraved dedication pages in both vols., a frontispiece in vol. 1, and 47 plates (these last from another work). Some toning and spotting.Contemporary sprinkled calf spines divided by gilt rolls, red morocco labels, edges yellow. Spines somewhat rubbed, some small scratches to boards. 'This is a sumptuous and valuable edition' (Dibdin), which has been made even more so by the inclusion of 47 engraved plates depicting Terentian scenes or Roman theatrical masks, all from an octavo volume and mounted on quarto sheets to fit, with the page references amended by hand. Dibdin II 475.

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