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A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and forming a Just Style. Written  in the Year 1709, and addressed to the Right Honourable, John Lord Roos,  the present Marquis of Granby

A Dissertation on Reading the Classics, and forming a Just Style. Written in the Year 1709, and addressed to the Right Honourable, John Lord Roos, the present Marquis of Granby

by Felton, Henry

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London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer. Fair. 1713. First Edition. Leather. (2), xx, (14), 228 pages; Contents complete and unmarked in original full calf binding; lower edge of text block damp rippled, tide marks at mid page in first few signature, ffep and title page stained along bottom; binding has damage at same lower area: leather shrunken… Read more about this item
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Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft neue Bearbeitung  ... unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen hrsg. von G. Wissowa

Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft neue Bearbeitung ... unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen hrsg. von G. Wissowa

by Pauly, August Friedrich von; & Wissowa, Georg, editors

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1894-1938
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Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. Good+. 1894-1938. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 28 volumes; Twenty-eight volumes of the legendary Pauly-Wissowa 'Realencyclopädie' -- in original printings and publisher's half morocco leather bindings. This is the standard German dictionary of classical scholarship -- with minor exceptions, our set represents the state of publication of this long-term project… Read more about this item
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Atlas Historique de GRECE et d'ITALIE compose de Seize Cartes Géographique  [16 maps, hand-colored] donnant les differentes divisions et modifications  territoriales de la Grece et de l'Italie aux principales epoques de leur  histoire

Atlas Historique de GRECE et d'ITALIE compose de Seize Cartes Géographique [16 maps, hand-colored] donnant les differentes divisions et modifications territoriales de la Grece et de l'Italie aux principales epoques de leur histoire

by Houzé, Antoine Philippe

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1845
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Paris: Chez P. Dumenil, Editeur. Good. 1845. Hardcover. avec une notice sur tous les faits importants, et l'indication des lieux ou ils se sont passes; destine a faciliter la Lecture et l'Intelligence de tous les ouvrages relatifs a l'histoire de la Grece et de l'Italie et redige d'apres les meilleures sources par A. Houze. Contents clean… Read more about this item
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An Examination of Plato's Doctrines - Two Volume Set Vol. 1: Plato on Man  and Society ; Vol. 2: Plato on Knowledge and Reality

An Examination of Plato's Doctrines - Two Volume Set Vol. 1: Plato on Man and Society ; Vol. 2: Plato on Knowledge and Reality

by Crombie, I. M.

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1962-63
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962-63. First Edition. Hardcover. A very attractive set of this classic work. Clean and secure in original red cloth bindings in very good dustjacekt; some chipping to DJ spine ends of Volume 1. .
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Historiae Romanae scriptores Graeci minores 3 fasti Graeci ac Latini,  Eutropius, cum Graeca Paeanii metaphrasi ...

Historiae Romanae scriptores Graeci minores 3 fasti Graeci ac Latini, Eutropius, cum Graeca Paeanii metaphrasi ...

by Sylburg, Friedrich, editor

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Francofurdi -- [Frankfurt]: Apud Andrae Wecheli heredes. Very Good-. 1590. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 p.l., 1052 & 69 pp pages; Folio in contemporary full vellum, raised bands on the spine, central lozenge in blind on both covers. Minor wear and soiling, some local splitting at the tops and bottoms of the hinges, some tears and lifting… Read more about this item
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Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections. An exhibition in  honour of Kurt Weitzmann

Illuminated Greek Manuscripts from American Collections. An exhibition in honour of Kurt Weitzmann

by Vikan, Gary

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1972
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Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Former owner's name crossed out on ffep, otherwise clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Princeton University Art Museum April 14 - May 20, 1973. Contents include: Manuscripts and the Liturgy by George Galavaris; … Read more about this item
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Tunisian Mosaics -- Carthage In The Roman Era   Smithsonian Traveling  Exhibition Service 1967-1969

Tunisian Mosaics -- Carthage In The Roman Era Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service 1967-1969

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1967
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Washington: Smithsonian. Very Good+. 1967. First Edition. Paperback. ; 34, 42 (plates) pages; Clean and secure in original pictorial wrappers. 34 pages of text plus about 42 pages of plates. .
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DE OFFICIIS Libri Tres  en recensione J. Mich. et J. Frid Heusingerorum  Patrui Majoris et Patris sui Animadversiones Scholarum Usibus accommodavit  Conradius Heusinger. Accedunt Notule Quaedam ex Schedis J. Touph  Descriptae; necnon Index Rerum et Verborium.

DE OFFICIIS Libri Tres en recensione J. Mich. et J. Frid Heusingerorum Patrui Majoris et Patris sui Animadversiones Scholarum Usibus accommodavit Conradius Heusinger. Accedunt Notule Quaedam ex Schedis J. Touph Descriptae; necnon Index Rerum et Verborium.

by Heusinger ; Cicero ; M. Tulii Ciceronis

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1821
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Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano. Good. 1821. Hardcover. iv, (3 folding tables), 410 pages; Former owners' names on ffep "Chas. E. Howard"; "Rev. Sidney N. Ussher"; "J. J. McElhinney"; contents clean and securely stitched; bottom half of backstrip missing; hinges tender. Green cloth binding with printed title label at spine (much eroded). Latin text with… Read more about this item
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Opera cum indice rerum ad optimorum liborum fidem adcuravit C.H. Weise.  Tomus 2. Editio Stereotypa

Opera cum indice rerum ad optimorum liborum fidem adcuravit C.H. Weise. Tomus 2. Editio Stereotypa

by C. Cornelii Taciti ; Tacitus ; [John Steinfort Kidney's copy]

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1829
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Lipsiae: Caroli Tauchnitii. Very Good. 1829. Hardcover. Autograph; (iv), 388 pages; Volume 2 only. Former owners' signature on ffep and tp - John Steinfort Kidney (1819-1911) - philosopher and poet. Text block unmarked and secure in 19th century binding of half calf over marbled boards; gilt letterring at spine. Rubbed at extremities, rear hinge… Read more about this item
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An t'Iliad. Air chogadh na Tróighe.  ro chan Homear   [Homer's The Iliad,  Greek text with Irish translation ; Books I-VIII]  Ais-dri´ghthe o  Ghreagh-bhearla go ran gaoidhilge, le Sea´ghan, Ard-easbog Tu´ama.    Che´ad leabhar.

An t'Iliad. Air chogadh na Tróighe. ro chan Homear [Homer's The Iliad, Greek text with Irish translation ; Books I-VIII] Ais-dri´ghthe o Ghreagh-bhearla go ran gaoidhilge, le Sea´ghan, Ard-easbog Tu´ama. Che´ad leabhar.

by Homer ; John MacHale Archbishop of Tuam (translator)

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1844[-71]
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A m-baile Atha-cliath /John Cumming. Very Good. 1844[-71]. Hardcover. 478 pages; Contents clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and decorative blindstamping to boards, cloth worn at spine ends and corners, cloth split 2" at top of rear hinge. Former owners' name on ffep "P. Casey" and "P. Dobyn" ;… Read more about this item
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Ocellus Lucanus On the Nature of the Universe / Taurus, the Platonic  Philosopher, on the Eternity of the World /  Julius Firmicus Maternus of  the Thema Mundi / Proclus on Select Theorems On the Perpetuity of Time

Ocellus Lucanus On the Nature of the Universe / Taurus, the Platonic Philosopher, on the Eternity of the World / Julius Firmicus Maternus of the Thema Mundi / Proclus on Select Theorems On the Perpetuity of Time

by Taylor, Thomas ; [ Translator ] ; Introduction by Manly P. Hall

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1976
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
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Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. xi, (1), 96 pages; Clean and tight in original red cloth binding in very good dustjacket with some minor chipping at top edge. Limited Edition Facsimile of the original edition of 1831. Thomas Taylor (1758 –1835) was a Neoplatonist and… Read more about this item
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Moonlight Miraculously Restores the Propylaea [ Halftone Photographic  Print ]

Moonlight Miraculously Restores the Propylaea [ Halftone Photographic Print ]

by Genthe, Arnold

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1932
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New York: Fortune. Very Good. 1932. Print. This 1932 halftone print of the Propylaea in Athens measures approximately 11 x 14 inches; image size 8 x 11 inches. The photograph is credited to Arnold Genthe at the lower left corner with a caption at the bottom of the page which reads: "Moonlight miraculously restores the Propylaea."… Read more about this item
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Lexicon manuale græco-latinum et latino-græcum  studio atque opera Josephi  Hill, Johannis Entick, Gulielmi Bowyer, nec non Jacobi Smith, S.T.P.,  ada[u]ctum. Insuper quoque, ad calcem adjectae sunt sententiae  Graeco-Latinae

Lexicon manuale græco-latinum et latino-græcum studio atque opera Josephi Hill, Johannis Entick, Gulielmi Bowyer, nec non Jacobi Smith, S.T.P., ada[u]ctum. Insuper quoque, ad calcem adjectae sunt sententiae Graeco-Latinae

by Schrevel, Cornelis ; [Platteville Academy, Wisconsin Territory]

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1825
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New York: Collins and Hannay. Good. 1825. Hardcover. 531, [1], 122 pages; Full contemporary sheep, flat spine, front cover now detached. This 1825 edition of the Screvel Greek-Latin lexicon - as edited for anglophone students by Joseph Hill; John Entick; William Bowyer; Peter Steele - is the third American edition, first published in … Read more about this item
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AN OBSCURE INSCRIPTION ON A GOLD TABLET

AN OBSCURE INSCRIPTION ON A GOLD TABLET

by Walton, Francis R

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1962
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Athens: American School of Classical Studies. Fine. 1962. First Edition Thus. Stiff Wrappers. 30-35 pages; GENNADIAN NOTES,I. Offprint in stiff tan wrappers from HESPERIA, Volume XXXI, No. 4, October-December 1962. From personal library of Francis Walton noted bibliophile and classical scholar who specialized in the study of ancient Greek religion. Born in Philadelphia … Read more about this item
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LES GUTTI ET LES ASKOI A RELIEFS ETRUSQUE ET APULIENS ESSAI DE  CLASSIFICATION ET DE TYPOLOGIE - Two Volume Set

LES GUTTI ET LES ASKOI A RELIEFS ETRUSQUE ET APULIENS ESSAI DE CLASSIFICATION ET DE TYPOLOGIE - Two Volume Set

by Jentel, Marie-Odile

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1976
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
9004045368
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Quebec / Leyde: Les Presses De L'Universite Laval / E. J. Brill. Fine. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Tome I: Text. Tome II: Planches. Leyde, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill Hardcover. 476pp, 73 plates and 2 maps. Two large quarto volumes in original publishers blue buckram bindings with gilt lettering.. xviii, 476, [2]; (xiv), (75),… Read more about this item
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THE SANCTUARY OF DEMETER AND KORE ON ACROCORINTH Preliminary Report I:  1961-1962

THE SANCTUARY OF DEMETER AND KORE ON ACROCORINTH Preliminary Report I: 1961-1962

by Stroud, Ronald S

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1965
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Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Fine. 1965. First Edition Thus. Stiff Wrappers. Autograph; 1-24,12 pages; Offprint in stiff tan wrappers from HESPERIA, Volume XXXIV, No. 1, January-March 1965. Illustrated with 12 pages of plates. Inscribed on front wrapper "With all best wishes, Ron" Crease at upper right corner. From personal library of… Read more about this item
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Die Idyllen Theokrits, Moschus und Bions aus dem Griechischen übersezt (by  Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn)

Die Idyllen Theokrits, Moschus und Bions aus dem Griechischen übersezt (by Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn)

by Theocritus ; Christian Gottlieb Lieberkühn , (translator)

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1757
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Berlin: Gottlieb August Lange. Very Good-. 1757. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 p.l. & 140 pages; Contemporary pattern printed paper-covered boards, green paper label on spine titled in ms. OCLC: 504805539 First edition of this translation into German verse of Theocritus, a third century B.C. poet usually thought of as the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry.… Read more about this item
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Ueber Eine Kretische Kolonie in Theben Die Göttin Europa Und Kadmos Den  König

Ueber Eine Kretische Kolonie in Theben Die Göttin Europa Und Kadmos Den König

by Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, Friedrich Gottlieb [1784-1868]

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1824
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Bonn: bei Adolph Marcus. Good+. 1824. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 95 & [1] pages; Contemporary green-grey flexible boards, title in ink manuscript on the front board. The front hinge is cracking and delicate, the paper is somewhat toned, and there are a few marginal notes scattered through the text as well as an inscription on… Read more about this item
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SIR GEORGE MACDONALD

SIR GEORGE MACDONALD

by Curle, A. O

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1941
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London: Humphrey Milford Amen House. Very Good. 1941. First Edition Thus. Stiff Wrappers. 21 pages; A memorial tribute From the Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume XXVI. Printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford. OCLC: 9473737 Sir George Macdonald (b. Elgin 30 January 1862; d. 9 August Edinburgh 1940) was an eminent… Read more about this item
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FROM THE WEST CEMETERY AT ISTHMIA

FROM THE WEST CEMETERY AT ISTHMIA

by Clement, Paul A. ; and Margaret McVeagh Thorne

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1974
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Athens: American School of Classical Studies. Near Fine. 1974. First Edition Thus. Stiff Wrappers. Autograph; 401-411, 7 plates pages; Stiff tan wrappers. Offprint HESPERIA, Volume XLIII, No. 4, October-December 1974. 7 pages of b&w illustrations Inscribed by the author on front wrapper -- "Cordially, Paul" From personal library of Francis Walton noted… Read more about this item
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