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Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1959. 8 volumes, 8vo, stiff salmon printed wrappers, unopened. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres. A fine set, never opened with slight fading on 2 spines. More
Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1959. 8 volumes, 8vo, stiff salmon printed wrappers, unopened. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres. A fine set, never opened with slight fading on 2 spines. More
New York: Fordham University, 2013. Some black & white illustrations. xii, 280 pages. 8vo, black boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. Illustrated with lovely and delicate line drawings by Eugene Karlin. 208 pages. Small 4to, full gilt-stamped brown leather, silk moire endpapers, all edges, gilt. Norwalk: Easton, (1979). A fine copy. 'Dialogues on Love and Friendship'. More
Frome, Somerset, UK: The Prometheus Trust, 1995. xv, (3), 600 pages. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered purple cloth, without dust wrappers as issued. Frome, Somerset, UK: The Prometheus Trust, (1995). A fine copy. More
Utrecht: Privately Printed, 1784. Seven philosophical dialogues. Two volumes in one. [2], 6, [2], 97, [1]; [2], 10, [2], 11-48 pages. No main title page, but appears to have been printed without. 4to, bound in full contemporary polished calf; ornate gilt-stamped spine (edgeworn; joints starting). [Utrecht: Privately Printed, 1784]. Overall a very good copy of this scarce book. Title is the half-title, as per copy in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Imprint supplied from Hoefer, Nouv. biog. gen. 43:116 and..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1892. Translated into English with Analysis and Introductions by Benjamin Jowett. 5 volumes, tall 8vo, handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards. New York: Macmillan, 1892. A fine set. Third edition revised and corrected throughout, with additions and an index of subjects and proper names. Bookplate. More
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1975. 2 black-and-white plates. 142pp., 8vo, printed wrappers. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1975. A near fine copy. More
d.w. Southern Illinois Univ. PRess, (1962). First Edition. Fine. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Translated by A.H. Armstrong. 3 volumes. 16mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1966. Reprint Edition. Fine in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #440, 441, 442. Text in Greek and English. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. 228 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (lightly toned). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992. First edition review copy. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Paris: Du Pont, 1794. xciv + 200pp., 12mo, full mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine; some toning to text, early ownership signature on half-title page, covers rubbed with wear at the spine ends and corners. Paris: Chez Du Pont, 1794 (II). A very good copy. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. Illustrated. xvi + 371 pages, 8vo, red boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2015). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Paris: Joannem- Baptistam Coignard & Antonium Boudet, 1747. Opus posthumum Illustrissimi Abbatis Caroli d'Orleans de Rothelin...Copper engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved decorations throughout, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, leather spine labels; (backs and corners worn). Parisiis: Joannem- Baptistam Coignard & Antonium Boudet, 1747. Internally fine. "Much of the poem was written before 1700 as a result of conversation with Peter Bayle, but none of it was published until after its author's death more than forty years later...the author must..... More
Chicago: Ares Publishers, 1974. Translated form the Original Greek, by R. Shepherd. 8vo, blue cloth, corners bumped, lightly creased throughout in upper right corners margins. Chicago: Ares Publishers, 1974. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Near Fine. More
Paris: Merigot, 1781. 2 volumes, 12mo, full original calf, ornately gilt spine, gilt covers and edges. Paris: Merigot, 1781. Very good (+). More
London: Melrose, 1918. Small 8vo, cloth backed boards. London: Andrew Melrose, 1918. First English Edition. His first book. Presentation copy, signed in full, 1927. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2012. 196 pages. 8vo., black boards, dust wrapper. First edition. New York: Farrar, Strausand Giroux, (2012). A near fine copy in a near fine wrapper. More
London: T. Cadell, 1776. [4], 126 pages. Small 8vo, disbound and now in modern wrappers; lacks last 2 pages of appendix; small amount of light foxing to half-title page. London: T. Cadell, 1776. Second Edition Before the American Revolution, Price had been acquainted with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and John Adams. In this work, Price advocates for the rights of the American Colonies and was against British political policies towards the American Colonies. This work went through many..... More
Frontis. engraving, title page vignette, 60 wood engravings by Montagu Stanley, 586pp., thick 8vo, rebound in cloth, leather spine label; (top of margin on frontis. and title page water-stained). Edinburgh and London: Caldwell, Lloyd, and Orr and Co., 1842. This appears to be a new work and different from "An Essay on the Picturesque." More
Frome, Somerset, UK: The Prometheus Trust, 1995. xi, (23), 695 pages. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered purple cloth, without dust wrappers as issued. Frome, Somerset, UK: The Prometheus Trust, (1995). A fine copy. More
Trevoux: Serenissime, 1747. Translated by Jean Barbeyrac. 2 volumes. Frontis. Portrait. lviii + 403pp. and 411pp., 12mo, full mottled leather, gilt-decorated spines; rubbed, lightly edgeworn, corners bumped, with some chipping at spine ends. Trevoux: S. Altesse Serenissime, 1747. Seventh edition. A very good set. More
Amsterdam: Briasson, 1734. 2 volumes. Engraved frontis portrait plus additional engraved portrait of the translator, Joannes Barbeyracius (Jean Barbeyrac). 8 books. cxxi + 716pp. and 613pp. plus table of authors and contents. BOUND WITH Oratio Inauguralis de Dignitate et Utilitate Juris Ac Historiarum by Joannis BARBEYRACHII,, thick 4to, full leather with gilt decorated spines; some scuffing to leather, early book plate and ex libris ownership signature on inside front cover and front free endpaper of each volume.. Amsterdam: Briasson, 1734..... More
Gottingen: Gottingae apud Abram Vandenhoeck, 1738. Rubricated title page, occasional foxing. [xxxvi], 640, [240] indexes. Thick 4to, full brown calf, hinges weak, covers rubbed. Gottingen: Gottingae apud Abram Vandenhoeck, 1738. Very good. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a famous Roman advocator and orator. Quintilian wrote and published his one surviving work, Institutione Oratoria, in twelve books. It describes the life and training of an orator from birth until maturity. Book 12 sums up the discussion of an ideal orator by elucidating..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsyvlania, 1988. VOLUME II ONLY. xv + 414 pages, 8vo, green cloth. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. A fine copy. More
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