CLASSICS
Religion in Virgil
New York: Barnes & Nobel, 1969. 337 pages, 8vo, green cloth. New York: Barnes & Nobel, (1969). A near fine copy. More
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. xxviii + 314 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1986. A fine copy. "The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as independent science." GM 2281. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Illustrated. xxxiii + 428 pages, large 8vo, grey boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Aegean Turkey; An Archaeological Guide.
London: Ernest Benn, 1967. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, corners of cloth lightly bumped. London: Ernest Benn, (1967). Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. More
The Discovery of Egypt.
Paris: Flammarion, 1990. Translated by Bambi Ballard. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 271 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine slightly sunned. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Correspondence
Hildersheim: Georg Olms, 1977. 2 volumes in one. xxxii + 828 pages. Short thick 8vo, green cloth; minor wrinkling to cloth of upper rear edge. Hildersheim: Georg Olms, 1977. A near fine copy. Facsimile of the London 1842 edition. Letters in Latin, Greek and English. More
A Treatise on the Membranes in General and on Different Membranes in Particular.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1987. Translated by John G. Coffin. 259 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1987. Mint. "He (Bichat) is regarded as the founder of modern histology and tissue pathology." GM 537. Facsimile of the Boston, 1813 edition. More
The History of the Greek and Roman Theater.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. Profusely illustrated. 343pp. Short 4to, green cloth, d.w. (torn, chipped) Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. A near fine copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
The Origins of Rome.
New York: Praeger, 1960. Illus. 212pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled on spine portion, otherwise very good. New York: Praeger, (1960). More
Cerberus, The Dog of Hades: The History of an Idea.
Chicago: Open Court, 1905. Black & white frontispiece illustration with tissue guard. 41 pages, slim 12mo, burgundy cloth-backed grey boards, small bump at top of spine. Chicago: Open Court, 1905. Scarce. Near fine. More
The Decameron, or Ten Days Entertainment
London: J. Wright, 1804. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos, full tan calf, ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels, gilt stamped dentelles, marbled endpapers (Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed, crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of..... More
The Decameron.
Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1900. Done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne. 2 volumes, illustrations in 2 states by Leopold Flameng, tissue guards. 8vo, blue cloth, paper spine labels. Philadelphia: George Barrie, N.d. ca. 1900. Near Fine. Number 68 of 100 numbered copies printed on Japan Vellum. More
Rime
Livorno: Tomasso Masi, 1802. 217 pages + Vita di Dante Alighieri in 80 pages + Testamento in 8 pages + Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio in 50 pages. Thick 8vo, full tree calf, ornately gilt spine and covers (rubbed at extremities), all edges gilt. Livorno: Thomas Masi, 1802. Very good (+). More
Decameron; The John Payne Translation Revised and Annotated by Charles S. Singleton
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. Three volumes. 948 pages. 4to., cream cloth, in publisher's box. Berkeley: The University of California Press, (1982). Near fine. A revision of the John Payne translation based on the holograph manuscript known as the Hamilton 90. More
A Pageant of Life
Boston: Gorham, 1904. 77pp., thin 12mo, boards, paper label on spine and front cover. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1904. A very good (+) copy. More
Hellas; The Civilizations of Ancient Greece.
Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill, 1980. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. 4to, brown cloth with gold lettering, d.w. price-clipped. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1980). A near-fine copy. More
Memory and the Mediterranean
New York: Knopf, 2001. Edited by Roselyne de Ayala and Paule Braudel. Illustrated. 365 pages. 8vo, two-toned boards, edgeworn d.w. New York: Knopf, 2001. First edition. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. History of the ancient civilizations bordering the Mediterranean Sea. More
Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969. 2 volumes. 378 pages of text + 539 pages of black & white plates. Tall thick 4tos, beige cloth, d.w. (price-clipped and with lightly sunned spines), black cloth slipcase. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1968). Fine in very good(+) dust wrappers and near fine box. Bollingen Series LXXXI. More
Haec Mihi Fingebam: Tibullus in his World
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978. 275 pages. Tall 8vo, maroon cloth. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978. A very good(-) solid copy--light staining to fore-edge, some soiling to front and rear cloth, ex-libris ink stamp on dedication page. More
Suite Des Caracteres de Theophraste, et Des Pensees de M. Pascal.
Paris: Michallet, 1697. Several engraved devices. 272 pages. Thin 12mo, full leather; well-rubbed, bookplates inside front cover and facing endpaper, front endpaper and title page partially detached, covers worn. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1697. First edition. A very good(-) copy. More
Pompeii and Herculaneum: The Glory and the Grief.
New York: Crown, 1961. Photographs by Edwin Smith, well-printed in color and b/w; folding map at rear. 238 pages. Short 4to, beige cloth, tattered dust wrapper. New York: Crown Publishers, (1961). Second impression. A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Greece Old and New.
Illus. 245pp. 8vo, cloth; (corners bumped, 2 small tears and head of backstrip, cover slightly soiled). London: Methuen, 1927. More