[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius:

Comoediae.

Birminghamiae[Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. Large 4to, pp. [2], 364. Light age yellowing, title and last four leaves slightly foxed, occasional marginal spotting, long clean tear from outer edge of M3. Contemporary straight-grained crimson morocco, triple gilt ruled, rebacked to style, corners repaired, edges scuffed, boards scratched at margins. First Baskerville edition of Terence's 'Comedies'. It was printed on the better 'Writing Royal' paper of the Baskerville press, and sold for a Guinea. (A 12mo was also produced in the same year on cheaper paper.) Terence (d. 159 B.C.) was born into slavery at Carthage and brought to Rome, where he was freed, taking his old master's name. His six comedies, which stand out for their particular naturalistic style, were admired right through the Middle Ages for their moral arguments, and were still on school curricula in the nineteenth century. "Printed in the usually beautiful style of the impressions of ancient classical authors by this printer" (Dibdin). The popular typeface Monotype Baskerville, produced in 1923, was based on Baskerville's Great Primer type as it appeared in this edition (Pardoe, 'John Baskerville', p. 167). Gaskell, 'Baskerville', * 46 (p. 58). ESTC T137489. Dibdin (4th edn.) II 477. Schweiger III 1070. Graesse VI.2 61. Brunet V 718.

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

Comoediae Sex ad fidem Arn. Henr. Westerhovii Ex praestantissima Hagae Comitum editione, accuratissime recensite et notis selectioribus illustratae.

Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Thomam Bettinelli, 1790. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [ii], 416; [ii], 324 + frontispiece in vol. 1. Title-pages engraved. Modern marbled boards, black leather spine labels, edges retaining earlier gilt. A bit of minor spotting. Gift inscription to retained binder's blank at front of vol. 2, dated 1807. An elegantly printed edition of Terence, reproducing the text of the 1726 Westerhovius edition. This copy was given to one William Wybergh by Matthew Raine, the headmaster of Charterhouse School, after Wybergh's graduation from that institution. Wybergh (b. 1787, at Charterhouse 1803-1806) was a member of an ancient Cumbrian family; he inherited Clifton Hall in Westmoreland, which had passed through unbroken male descent in the Wybergh family since the time of Edward III.

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Book number: 53801

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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 including additional engraved title and portraits. Title page in red and black with engraved vignette, half-title and divisional half-title preceeding Phaedrus. Occasional light foxing, some gatherings toned. Contemporary vellum, gilt spine, gilt boards with central coat of arms of Amersfoort. Light smudgy marks, ties lost, very good indeed. Small ownership inscription in an old hand, of C.A. Piek (?) dated '08. Second (and best) edition, following one of Cambridge, 1726. 'Early in 1726 [Bentley] published an edition of Terence, in which the text is corrected in about a thousand passages, mainly on grounds of metre. The same volume includes an edition of Phaedrus and of the 'Sentences' of 'Publius Syrus'. The preface is followed by a Schediasma on the metres of Terence, and by a Latin speech delivered by Bentley in July, 1725, when he had just been restored to the University degrees, of which he had been deprived in 1715. He here explains the significance of the several symbols of the doctoral degree, the chair, the cap, the book, and the gold ring, which is the emblem of liberty.' Dibdin adds that this edition 'of Amsterdam, according to Harwood, is the most valuable, as Bentley communicated to Wetstein, the publisher, many additional notes and emendations.' Dibdin (4th edn.) II 474; Sandys II 407; Schweiger III 1068; Spoelder 5.

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[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius:

Comoediae.

Birminghamiae[Birmingham]: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. Large 4to, pp. [ii], 364. Pp. 203 and 299 misnumbered as 303 and 283 respectively, as usual. Very light foxing at front and rear, very good. Contemporary marbled calf, plainly rebacked in slightly lighter Morocco, retaining label. A little rubbed but very good. Bookplate of David Lloyd to front paste-down, with ms addition of Edmund Henning Buxton, 8th Feb. 1823. Ex libris blindstamp of Derek Bair(?) Gibson to ffep. First Baskerville edition of Terence's 'Comedies'. It was printed on the better 'Writing Royal' paper of the Baskerville press, and sold for a Guinea. (A 12mo was also produced in the same year on cheaper paper.) Terence (d. 159 B.C.) was born into slavery at Carthage and brought to Rome, where he was freed, taking his old master's name. His six comedies, which stand out for their particular naturalistic style, were admired right through the Middle Ages for their moral arguments, and were still on school curricula in the nineteenth century. "Printed in the usually beautiful style of the impressions of ancient classical authors by this printer" (Dibdin). The popular typeface Monotype Baskerville, produced in 1923, was based on Baskerville's Great Primer type as it appeared in this edition (Pardoe, 'John Baskerville', p. 167). Terence (d. 159 B.C.) was born into slavery at Carthage and brought to Rome, where he was freed, taking his old master's name. His six comedies, which stand out for their particular naturalistic style, were admired right through the Middle Ages for their moral arguments, and were still on school curricula through the nineteenth century. Gaskell, 'Baskerville', * 46 (p. 58). ESTC T137489. Dibdin (4th edn.) II 477. Schweiger III 1070. Graesse VI.2 61. Brunet V 718.

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Book number: 54374

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[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Bernard, Richard, trans.:)

Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes Anglicae factae, et hac noua forma editæ.

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge]: Ex Officina Iohannis Legat, 1607. Second Edition. 4to., pp. [ii], 455, [i], with the usual mispagination pp.336-355. Lacking the translator's dedication (6 leaves) at the start. Text in Latin and English. A little MS to title. Some light staining, tiny burn to pp.145-6 affecting a couple of letters, wax mark to p.201, last leaf toned and laid down. Later straight-grain Morocco with blind-tooled boards, rebacked with red and green spine labels. Spine has faded to a lighter colour, corners worn but still good. To front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Charles Mathews, plain bookplate of John Besemeres. To ffep, bookplate of Charles Vaughan with lion crest. The second edition of Richard Bernard's translation of Terence into English, first published in 1598. Bernard (1568-1642) was primarily a clergyman and author of religious works, including 'Isle of Man' (1627), which was his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular enough to see six editions in his lifetime. ESTC S118346.

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[Terence] Terentius Afer, Publius: (Bernard, Richard, trans.:)

Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes Anglicae factae, et hac noua forma editæ.

London: printed by John Legatt, and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, 1641. 1641. Sixth edition, corrected. 4to. in 8s, this copy heavily trimmed (17 x 13.5cm), pp. [viii], 428. Small woodcut to title-page, Latin text in a single column, with marginal notes; English translation in double columns. MS names and quotations to title and final leaf, some marginalia in an old hand. First 8 leaves and final leaf laid down on fine archival tissue, some stains and wax spots, close trimming occasionally touching pagination and signatures with half a line lost on p.169. Recent plain tan calf. A good copy. Contemporary signature of John Fossebrooke to title-page. The sixth edition of Richard Bernard's translation of Terence into English, first published in 1598. Bernard (1568-1642) was primarily a clergyman and author of religious works, including 'Isle of Man' (1627), his most famous book, but this translation was his first publication and was popular enough to see six editions in his lifetime. ESTC R1627

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Book number: 54047

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Tertullian: (Novatian) (Le Prieur, Philippe; Pamèle, Jacques de Joigny de; Haverkamp, Siwart, eds.:)

Opera, ad vetustissimorum exemplarium fidem sedulò emendata, diligentia Nicolai Rigaltii J.C. Cum ejusdem annotationibus integris, & variorum commentariis seorsim antea editis. Argumenta et notas in libros omnes Philippus Priorius de novo adjecit, & dissertationem apprimè utilem concinnavit. Accedunt Novatiani tractatus, De Trinitate, & Cibis Judaicis, cum notis, ut editione Pamelii, & Tertulliani Carmina de Jona & Ninive cum notis Jureti. In hac vero novissima editione Veneta additur Sigeberti Havercampi commentarius in Apologeticum.

Venetiis [Venice]: Typis Gasparis Girardi, 1744. 2 vols. bound as 1. Folio, pp.[viii], LXXXVIII, 748, x, [x], 166, [xxiv], 21, [I] + 1 plate. Usual small errors in pagination. Both title-pages in red and black with engraved portrait vignette, ornate head-and tail-pieces and initials, a few illustrations in the text. Without final blank. Vol. I title-page a little crumpled and dusty, a couple of small paper flaws to edges, generally very clean internally. Later plain vellum (perhaps late 19th century), spine label possibly from an earlier binding, edges slightly overlapped, all edges red, endpapers renewed. Spine darkened, label chipped, vellum a little grubby, corners a bit worn, very good. To ffep, ownership inscription of J.D. Coleridge, 1 Sussex Square, dated 1890 (or possibly 1870). This is John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894). A lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, he held the posts of Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice. He was the eldest son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge, judge, and the great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Dibdin rather bluntly says: "A reprint of the Parisian edition of 1675, with the notes of Havercamp in the Apology. A splendid, but most inaccurately printed book. It must be shunned." Dibdin 4th ed. I, 209

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Book number: 54564

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Theognis, Megarensis; Just, H.G. (ed.):

Sententiae Elegiacae Graeco Latinae, notis philologicis, ex probatissimis quibusdam autoribus excerptis...

Francofurti & Lipsiae [Frankfurt and Leipzig]: apud Michelem Keyserum, 1710. 8vo, pp. [16], 85, [89], 314, [30]. Facing Greek and Latin text. A couple of gatherings slightly browned (poorly dried paper), small paper flaw to lower outer blank corner of 2A2. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, title inked to spine, shelfmark label, a.e.r. A trifle soiled. Early bibliographical note to ffep; autograph of Johann Augustin Groebel to title; illegible modern library stamp to p.85. A scarce Greek-Latin edition, unrecorded in major bibliographies, of Theognis of Megara's (6th century B.C.) gnomic and elegiac poetry. Its moralising tone ensured its continuous transmission throughout late antiquity and the middle ages. It was edited by Heinrich Gottlob Just, professor of Greek at Erfurt. This copy belonged to Johann Augustin Groebel, who edited a work by Agapetus, Bishop of Constantinople, in 1733. WorldCat locates only 1 copy in the US. Hoffmann, Lexicon bibliographicum, p.704. Not in Ebert, Moss or Schweiger.

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Velleius Paterculus, Marcus:

Quae supersunt. Nicolaus Heinsius Dan. F. recensuit et castigationrum libellum addidit.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1678. 12mo, pp. [xxii], 115, [29], 108, [12]. Nineteenth-century dark calf, boards bordered with a double gilt rule enclosing a single gilt rule frame with floral cornerpieces, spine gilt in compartments with central urn tools and corner swags, red morocco label, fourth compartment gilt-lettered direct. Some spotting, title-page a little soiled. Extremities just slightly rubbed, a few light scuffs to boards. Modern bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown. According to Willems, this is the best of the five Elzevir editions of Velleius Paterculus. Willems 1550.

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Book number: 54161

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Velleius Paterculus, Marcus: (Burmann, Pieter, ed.:)

Quae supersunt ex historiae romanae voluminibus doubus: cum integris scholiis, notis, variis lectionibus, et animadversionibus doctorum.

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1744. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo., pp. [xl], 748, [cxx] + additional engraved title page by F. Van Bleyswyk after H. Van Mij. Title-page in red and black, woodcut initials. Internally very clean. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, central gilt coat of arms of Arnhem to boards, ties intact. A little dusty, very good indeed. With MS prize on verso of ffep, to Jacobus Rau, 6th November 1812. Dibdin finds this second edition 'very excellent' and notes its 'considerable improvements' on the first. He observes that it "contain[s] the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors." Dibdin II 525; Schweiger II 1129; Spoelder 2.

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Book number: 54310

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Velleius Paterculus, Gaius: (Ruhnken, D., ed.:)

Quae supersunt ex Historiae Romanae voluminibus duobus, cum integris animadversionibus doctorum [...]

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Apud Samuel. et Joan. Luchtmans 1779. First edition thus. 2 vols in 1, 8vo, pp.[xxii], cxxii, 499, [I]; [iv], 503-1262, [c] + additional engraved title-page by F. Van Bleyswyk. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 2nd title-page to vol.II. Pencilled code at head of title-page, light foxing becoming heavier, quite toned from gathering 3P onward, occasional small inkblots. Contemporary vellum prize binding, gilt spine, gilt frame, gilt corner pieces and centrepiece with arms of Utrecht to each board, edges lightly sprinkled red and blue. Some greyish marks but generally clean, rear joint a little weak, ties lost, without ffep, very good. Velleius Paterculus, first century AD historical writer and summariser, edited by David Ruhnken (1723-1798), celebrated professor at Leiden and school-fellow of Emanuel Kant. Dibdin II, 525 ("a very excellent edition"); Graesse V,163 ("Édition importante"); Schweiger, 1130 ("Sehr wichtige Ausgabe"); Spoelder 4.

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Book number: 54556

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[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Burman, P. ed.:)

Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni.

Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1784. 8vo, pp. [iv], 240, 157, [3]. Contemporary calf, spine divided by gilt rolls. Some light browning to first and last leaves, occasional minor dustsoiling. Rubbed and scratched, extremities worn, label lost, front joint cracking but sound. Ownership stamp of Charles Hatchett to verso of title-page. Gaskell 673; ESTC T126176.

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[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius: (Burman, P. ed.:)

Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni.

Glasguae [Glasgow]: In aedibus academicis, excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1784. 8vo., pp. [iv], 240, 157, [3]. With new pagination and register after signature Gg4 at the end of Book VI of the Ænead. Publisher's catalogue to final leaf. Occasional light spotting, internally very good. Simple contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, very slim boards, edges lightly sprinkled brown. Pencil note, 'edition de Burmann' to front paste-down, illegible ownership inscription in blue pen to ffep. A little greyed but very good. Dibdin omits this 1784 8vo edition, citing only the 1758 12mo and the 1788 folio, which are described as 'very correct and beautiful' and 'printed in a correct and magnificent manner' respectively. ESTC T126176; Gaskell 673; Dibdin II, p.558 (1758 and 1788 eds.); Schweiger II, p.1179.

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Book number: 54479

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[Virgil] Vergilius Maro, Publius:

(Opera) E doct. virorum castigatione. Accessit Animadversionum liber; Cum indice locupletissimo.

Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden]. Apud Abraham. Elsevirium. 1622 12mo. pp. [xxiv], 394, [xxv]. Engraved title. Light marginal staining from edge-colouring, few leaves dust-soiled, small clean tear at gutter of p.117. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, strips of 15th century manuscripts used as spine lining, all edges blue. Covers rubbed. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front pastedown, contemporary autograph 'Jacobus de Berck' dated 1654 on front pastedown and flyleaves, his student's annotations in Dutch in a few places. 'Mediocre edition which has retained some value due to its rarity' (Willems 208); 'difficult to find' (Brunet V, 485). Not in Dibdin. Willems 208; Brunet V, 485.

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[Rowlands, Richard, pseud:] Verstegan, Richard:

Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, Concerning the most Noble and Renowned English Nation. By the Study and Travel of R.V.

London: John Bill, printer to the King's most Excellent Majestie, 1628. Second edition, first printed in England. 4to., pp.[xxiv], 338, [xii]. Title-page in red and black with large engraved vignette, woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, many handsome illustrations in the text. Neatly pencilled bibliographical notes to ffep, few marginal notes in an older hand. Title-page a little foxed, occasional light ink blots and some spotting, a few pages with some light smudgy marks, eg. p.99. Trimmed a little close at head edge but never touching text. Later pale tan calf (probably late 19th c.), red and green labels to spine with date at foot wrongly put as 1828, blind tooled borders, edges coloured yellow, endpapers renewed. Headcap worn with small loss, some scuffs, joints worn with upper beginning to split at head, corners worn, frame of toning around free endpapers, still very good. To front paste-down the armorial bookplate of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel, H.M. Lieutenant of Flintshire, obscuring a second bookplate beneath. Hughes (1827-1911), an avid collector of books and manuscripts on welsh history, topography and genealogy, purchased the collections of John Williams (1833-1872) of Beaumaris and Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of Caerwys (and later of Tyn-y-Rhyl), so the concealed bookplate may belong to one of these earlier collectors. Also to the paste-down is a small library label with shelf mark, and an ownership inscription of Brent Grafton-Maxfield dated 1972. An important work of early Anglo-Saxon scholarship originally published in Antwerp in 1605. Richard Rowlands (1548/50 – 1640), English-born Anglo-Dutch writer and intelligence informant, was forced to flee England in 1581 having secretly printed Thomas Alfield's account of the execution of Edmund Campion. It was during this time that he revived his ancestral surname of Verstegan. 'From March 1587 Verstegan lived in Antwerp. From 1590 until 1603 he worked as a publishing and intelligence agent for the superiors of the English mission, William Allen in Rome and Robert Persons in Spain. He maintained communications between them and the missionaries in England, arranged passports and the smuggling of books, bought books in Flanders for the seminaries in Spain, and oversaw the printing of numerous English Catholic works in Antwerp. He continued to write polemical and martyrological works, including, most importantly, answers to the 1591 proclamation against Jesuits and seminary priests. He also produced devotional translations (among them the first English translation of the Tridentine primer), religious verse, and a seminal work of Anglo-Saxon scholarship, the Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities (1605), about which he corresponded with Sir Robert Cotton. He edited or contributed to several of the political works generally attributed to Robert Persons. His writings in these years were a cause of great concern to the authorities in England, and did much to shape the perception of Queen Elizabeth's policies on the continent.' (Arblaster, ODNB). ESTC S116256

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Book number: 54568

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