Demosthenes and Aeschines [2 volumes; Greek Text] by Demosthenes and Aeschines - 1824

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1872. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:

Philadelphia. : Lippincott. , 1881. . hardcover.. Light wear to covers, otherwise a very good copy. . 8vo.. Scarce in this translation. Translated by George W. Biddle.

Stephen Fletcher, for the Clarendon Press, Oxford: 1715., 1715 pp. (14), 182, (18). The very thin paper used to cancel a4 and b4 has deteriorated - completely on a4. Text in Greek with Latin notes. Three engraved portraits have apparently been removed. ** Extensive manuscript translations into English. 8vo. (in 4). [18 5 x 113 mm.] Contemporary full calf binding. Boards tooled in blind with several frames. Cracked at joints. Early ownerships, including: Jacob Nash, Oxford and E.G. Davis, 1847. Dibdin I:487. Aeschine s (Ca. 390?314 B.C.), Athenian orator and polititian, was a great rival of Demosthenes (384??322 B.C.). He rose from humble circumstances and became powerful in politics because of his oratorical gift s. At first he opposed Philip II of Macedon, then later changed sides, arguing that resistance to Macedonian power was useless. Both he and Demosthenes were members of the embassy to Philip in 348 B.C ., and afterward Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused Aeschines of accepting… Read More

J. Crooke, 1695. Hardcover. [xx],182,[x]pp, contemporary full panelled calf, rebacked, gilt title on red label, blind decorations in compartments, original blind tooling to boards, engraved portrait (bust) of Demosthenes, vignette engraving of Sheldonian Theatre on title page, engraved bookplate of Edward House on inside front cover, additional engravings of Cicero and Aeschines, text very clean, a lovely clean copy

[Oxford:] excudebat Johan. Crooke, 1696 [date in Greek]. First edition of the two antagonistic orations of Æschines and Demosthenes as edited, with a Latin translation, by the young Oxford students Peter Foulkes and John Friend, who were both about twenty when this volume was printed. Contemporary calf. Gilt spine with red morocco label. . Octavo. With three engraved portraits, of the two orators and of Cicero, by M. Burg; these are included in the pagination. The Latin translation is printed at the bottom of each page. Joints, corners a bit rubbed, a little light foxing. A very good copy. This was for many years a popular edition; and was reprinted in 1715 if not oftener: but the first is the preferable edition, and is considered very correct. The explanation of the more difficult Greek words at the end, was among the principal causes of its popularity" (Dibdin I, 487).

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, ff. 106 (A-N8 O2). Attraente legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle e bella carta marmorizzata ai piatti, titoli e filetti in oro al dorso, sguardie marmorizzate. Bottello di carta con numerazione d inventario in inchiostro al risguardo superiore. Ancora aldina con delfino e "AL-DUS" al frontespizio ed in fine, come anche le note tipografiche; registro all'ultima carta. Carattere corsivo, sporadico romano. Piccole lettere guida nel testo. Due piccoli abili restauri, uno a celare un innocuo forellino al margine bianco superiore del frontespizio (probabilmente un difetto originale della carta) ed un riparo a uno strappetto, sempre al margine bianco, della carta D7. Antica nota di possesso al margine bianco inferiore del frontespizio ormai non più visibile. Qualche lievissima gora marginale ed occasionale arrossatura, per il resto un esemplare molto in ordine e pulito. Un'ottima copia. Prima ed unica edizione aldina di questa traduzione in volgare italiano di due orazioni di Eschine e… Read More