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Paris: Librairie Orientaliste, Paul Geuthner, 1930. Large 8vo., pp. 605, [iii]. Internally clean. Half blue sheep, raised bands, gilt title direct to spine, blue cloth boards, edges sprinkled red, dark green endpapers, original red and black wrappers bound in at rear. A bit rubbed, some peeling to spine and corners but still very good. Tiny stamp, 'Bramhall and Menzies' to ffep verso. Number 556 in an edition of 2000 copies.

Cambridge University Press, 1963. First edition. 8vo, pp. xviii, 202 + one chart. A very good copy. Red cloth, title gilt to spine, minimally spotted. Dust-jacket, slightly browned and dusty, but still very good.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014. Large 8vo. (262 x 185 mm), pp. 480 pages. 20 colour, 149 b/w illustrations. Hardback. Dust-jacket. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 332 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: blue cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Birminghamiae [Birmingham]: Typis Joannis Baskerville, 1774. 12mo., pp. [ii], 275, [ii]. Final leaf blank. Small marginal tear to pp.137-8, lightly toned. Later straight grain red morocco, gilt title and 'Baskerville' to spine, gilt dentelles, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, but very good. Small ink stamp of Berkelouw Booksellers, Sydney to ffep version. Presentation inscription to preliminary blank: 'Buckie Higher Grade School / 1905 / Leaving Certificate Examination / George Cowie / passed in Higher Latin / from the School Board [illegible]'. An illegible ownership inscription to title-page. Gaskell notes five different arrangements of the pagination in gathering O; this copy conforms to variant d). ESTC T131427; Gaskell 55

Londini [London]: impensis A. Bettesworth, S. Ballard, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborne & T. Longman, B. Motte, J. Batley, & A. Ward, 1726. 8vo., pp. [xviii], 234, [c]. Title-page in red and black, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary calf, gilt ruled, edges sprinkled red. Some dark staining to boards, otherwise very good. To front paste-down armourial bookplate of George Strode Esq. of Newnham Park, Devon and ownership inscription of R. Strode. Based on Daniel Crespin's (1640-1716) Delphin edition. ESTC T111401

Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana. 1634. 12mo (120 x 65mm), pp. [xvi], 310, [xxxiv]. Engraved title, woodcut vignette of Sallust facing p.1, ornament of the head of Medusa on p.216, ornament at end of index. Very minor mainly marginal foxing, the odd spot. Later (c.1800?) straight-grained morocco, double gilt ruled, bordered with roll of palmettes in blind, spine double gilt ruled, gilt fleurons and dentelles, gilt-lettered, inner edges gilt, a.e.g., silk bookmark. Wanting ffep, head and foot of spine and lower edges a trifle rubbed. 18th-century French bibliographic note to fly, illegible near contemporary autograph on [*]8. Second reprint of the first Elzevir edition, also 1634. Willems 412, Dibdin (4th edn) II 384.

Parisiis [Paris]: Typis J. Barbou, 1761. 12mo. pp. (xxxvi) 348. Added engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, woodcut and engraved ornaments. Plates bit dusty or slightly browned. Contemporary marbled calf, marbled endpapers, gilt ruled, spine gilt and lettered, marbled edges. Joints a trifle rubbed. Elegantly bound small-format Parisian edition, first published in 1754 by Jean Barbou. A fresh, clean copy. Brunet V, 87. Not in Dibdin.

Folkestone, Kent: Dawsons of Pall Mall for the University of London Institute of Historical Research, 1974. Reprint. 4to. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. No dust-jacket. A touch of shelf-wear, very good. Reprinted from the 1938 first edition published by the St. Catherine Press.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2017. First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 286 + plates. Maps. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2010. 8vo., pp. 276. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp.283 + plates. 4 maps to text. Hardback: black cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy.

Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., 1975. Reprint. Three volumes in five, 8vo., pp. xi, 839; xiii, 480; xvi, 481-1251; xxxv, 1018; x, [iv], 1019-2155. Hardback, bound in brown cloth, black-lettered to spines and front boards. Unread, as new. Copyrighted by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and first published by The Williams and Wilkins Company, between the years 1927-1948.

Londini [London]: Excudebant G. Bishop, R. Nuberie & R. Barker 1596. First edition. Folio, ff. [ii], 520, [xxx]. Numerous errors in foliation as usual. Tables at rear. Printer's divide to title-page, architectural border to general title (McKerrow 300) and section title-pages, ornate head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials, woodcut illustration to f.316 recto. Occasional annotations in an old, neat hand. Title- and next page a little creased and repaired with paper strip at fore-edge, small round wormhole to fore-edge margin from about half way through, a bit dusty, sporadic light dampstaining, some leaves slightly toned, a few wax spots, tiny scorch hole to f.39 affecting a couple of letters. Contemporary very dark brown calf recently neatly rebacked with brown gilt spine label, boards chipped and worn, small area of calf lost at fore-edge, corners frayed, very good. To front pastedown, large armorial bookplate with the motto 'Je Veux de Bonne Guerre', likely that of Paul… Read More

Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2015. 8vo., pp. 178. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 483 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series.

Oxford University Press (Sandpiper reprint). 1997. 8vo. pp, xxv, 398. Hardback: cloth, edges slightly dusted, otherwise as new. Dust-jacket, a little shelf-worn, still very good. Originally published in 1971.

[Paris]: Hachette & cie, 1896. 4to, pp. vi, 799, [I] + coloured frontispiece map + large folding map opposite p.202 + 9 further plates. Additional title-page on translucent paper, with similar leaf at rear. Many illustrations in the text, some of which are full page. Half brown sheep, spine gilt with raised bands, title tooled directly, brown marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A bit rubbed, endcaps and bands worn, some peeling at corners, light scratching and chipping to marbled paper, still very good. Illegible ownership inscription dated 1943 to endpaper. First, stand-alone volume in a sequence of three volumes on Byzantine epic poetry with the Series title: L'épopée Byzantine à la Fin du Dixième Siècle. The final volume was published in 1905.

Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie, 1890. 4to., pp. [viii], IV, 779, [iii] + 4 chromolithograph plates including frontis, with descriptive letterpress for each, + 3 maps, 1 of which folding. Half-title and title in red and black, many illustrations in the text, errata to final leaf. Foxed, very good. Half red sheep, spine gilt with raised bands, title tooled direct, marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. A bit rubbed, closed tear to headcap, joints worn and repaired at ends, boards worn, corners repaired, hinges reinforced with red cloth, endpapers toned, still a good copy. A biography of the emperor Nikephoros II. Schlumberger (1844–1929) was a French historian, numismatist and specialist the era of the crusades and the Byzantine Empire. His first work Numismatique de l'Orient Latin (1878–82) is still considered definitive. His displeasure at failing to be elected a member of the Académie Française in 1908 led to Marcel Proust memorably describing him as a… Read More

Londini [London]: ex officina Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1727 12mo., pp. 368, [xvi]. Device to title-page, woodcut ornaments. Contemporary brown calf, title label to spine, Cambridge-style panelled boards, edges sprinkled red. Headcap and corners a bit worn and stained, upper joint just starting but still very sound. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Berkshire, Lord Marshal of England (printed with the date 1720) to front pastedown. Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686–1757). A collection of Classical Latin speeches with notes, published for use at Westminster School. ESTC T142677

Biponti [Zweibrücken]: ex typographia Societatis, 1787-88. 4 vols. 8vo, pp. [ii], CLVI, 248; [ii], 566; [ii], 510; [vol.IV unpaginated]. Vols I-III with engraved vignettes to title-pages. Very lightly toned, internally clean. Slightly later dark brown half calf, spine blind and gilt-tooled with green title labels, brown marbled boards, edges sprinkled blue, brown marbled endpapers. Endcaps and joints a bit rubbed, corners fraying, very good. Round library ink stamp 'Bibliotheek Seminarie Ijpelaar' to blank front endpaper each vol.. To vol. I, folding prize certificate awarded by Hageveld Seminarium to Henrico van Beek, dated 11th August 1837. Oval gilt mark of Hageveld Seminarium to the tail of each spine. Bipont Classics edition. Contains: Vol. I. Praefatio. M. Porcii Catonis vita ex Plutarchi græco latine reddita. Notitia literaria de M. P. Catone ex J. A. Fabricii Bibliotheca lat. […] Marci Terentii Varronis vita a Martino Hankio conscripta. Notitia literaria de M.… Read More