Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, 1955. 1955 Edition. With illustrations by Aldren Watson. In original, unclipped, jacket with a short, closed tear at the top front edge and minor chipping at the head of the spine. Bound in matching (to the jacket) checkered/plaid paper over boards with red labels.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1947. 2nd Thus. Edited, with a general introduction and introductions to the particular works, by Richard McKeon, Dean of the Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago. Very good dust jacket with minor scuffing and small chips at edges and corners. Grey cloth over boards.....
London: Chapman & Hall, LTD., 1921. First Edition. Done into common English after the old manner. With an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe. With original, unclipped, jacket in a protective sheet. Jacket has edge wear, toning, and some red transfer from the binding cloth. Bound in red cloth over boards with.....
Franequerae (Frankfurt): Sumptibus Johannis Arcerii, Bibliopolae, 1660. Early Edition. Modern rebinding with archival cloth over boards. Text in good condition with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew texts. Minor water stains to some pages in the 2nd half; all text appears to be present and is legible. Pages: 561 Dimensions: 3¼ x 5⅜ x 1¼ .....
Strassburg (possibly): Argentorati (per Josiam Rihelium), 1578. Early Edition. Intricate stamped cover. Right side of cover is missing part of the leather and is separating from boards on the bottom. Stamped image of man and woman with child is on front cover with a crest on the back cover. Words.....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Later Printing. Loeb Classical Library. English translation by C. Bradford Welles. In original, unclipped, jacket in a protective sheet with shallow edge wear and some shallow creasing at the head of the spine, else fine. Bound in green cloth over boards with gilding on the.....
Luguduni (Lyon): Gryphium, 1541. Early Edition. Early printed edition of this classical biographical study of ancient philosophers. Commonly translated to, "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers." In Latin, from the translation of Ambrogio Traversari with some Greek sections. In contemporary/early vellum cover with five raised bands and a gilded panel.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1961. 2nd or later. Second or later edition from The Modern Library. No jacket. Black cloth over boards with debossed letters on front and silver lettering on spine. The interior is clean and clear. Contains: "Alcestis," "The Medea," "The Heracleidae," "Hippolytus," "The Cyclops," "Heracles," and.....
Florentini (Florence): Filippo Giunta, 1508, August. Early/1st Thus Edition. Printed in Florence in 1508, this edition is believed to have been based on Pontano's original manuscript which was brought to Florence in 1503 by Giovanni Corsi. Based on Aristotles, Nicomachean Ethics, and building on St. Thomas Aquinas', Summa Theologiae, this.....
Basileae [Basil]: Io. Heruagium [Johann Herwagen], 1535. First Thus. First edition printed by Johann Herwagen in Basil. Text and commentary printed in Greek. With early marginal and text annotations, also in Greek. Bound in early tooled leather over wooden boards with stamped borders and designs. Five raised bands on the.....
London: Jacob Tonson, 1693. First Edition. First edition of this English translation of the works of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus. Translated by John Dryden into verse. Modern (early 20th century) binding with light green cloth, leather spine, and leather corners over boards. Five raised bands on spine.....
Lugd. Batauroum (Leiden): C. Boutesteyn, et al. 1701. 4th Edition. Original full vellum binding with lables on the spine containing the title, city, and date; labels chipped. Ex Libris inside front cover. Artistic title page engraving follwoed by full title page in red and black. Full title reads: Justini Historiae.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Simonis Vincentii, 1538. Later Edition. Fine binding. The name, “Edward White Benton,” is inscribed on the front flyleaf. Each section begins with a woodcut capital letter. Late 17th century full calf rebaked with original spine laid-down, gilt tooled in a fleur de lis seme pattern with a central.....
Vinegia (Venice): Nicolo di Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1525. Bound in period vellum with title and intricate symbol on spine. Covers have moderate and common aging to vellum. Partially separated from binding and some loose pages; all pages present – there is a jump in pages from LVII to LXI but.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Seb. Gryphium (Sebastianus Gryphius), 1542. Early Edition. Text in Latin, printed in italics. Edited and translated from the Greek by Nicolaus Sagundinus and others. A preface by the publisher, Sebastianus Gryphius. An early collection of Plutarch's minor works on a variety of topcis including history, religion, music, literature.....
Venice: Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri (Aldine Press), 1528 (April). A rare Aldine edition of this work which includes the Dream of Scipio, from Book VI of Cicero's De Republica, and is the most well known exceprt as it survivded in its entirety. It was Macrobe's commentary on this.....
Venetiis (Venice): Haeredes Francisci Francischini, 1584. Later Edition. Title page reads, "Introductio In Dialecticam Aristotelis, per Magistrum Franciscum Toledum Sacerdotem Societatis Iesu, ac Philosophiae in Romano Societatis Collegio Professorem." Petite book in soft/crispy crinkled vellum covers with medium faded handwriting on the back cover. Spine has been reinforced with additional.....
Toscolano: Alessandro Paganini, 1520. 1st Italian (Florentine language). The first Italian edition of the 5th century C.E., Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII, and one of the earliest with a Christian emphasis. Bound in contemporary/early limp vellum with a faded ink inscription on the spine. Age toning, some soiling, very old.....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Later Printing. Loeb Classical Library. English translation by P. Nixon. In original, unclipped, jacket in a protective sheet and in fine condition. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilding on the front and spine. Solid and square with very minor rubbing at lower edge.....
Venetiis (Venice): Ioan Gryphium, 1584. Early Edition. Original limp vellum covers repaired with new/modern backing to support and fill in for tears and points of weakness. Spine cocked, and also repaired to support. Text is mostly clean, some old worm holes with minimal impacts to text. First blank is covered.....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. Later Printing. Loeb Classical Library. English translation by W. B. Anderson. In original, unclipped, jacket in a protective sheet with very minor edge wear. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilding on the front and spine. Slight lean, very minor edge wear, text-block slightly.....
New York: The Modern Library, not stated. Giant. Modern Library Giant G14. In original, unclipped, jacket with titles on verso. Price not present. Jacket in mylar with rubbing, creasing, and some minor chips. Blue denim colored cloth over boards with device on front and black label and gilding on spine.....
Boston: S. W. Tilton & Co. Publishers, 1881. Early Edition. Bound in green cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the front and spine. Slight lean, rubbing to edges, general but light wear. Short inscription on first blank. The interior is gently and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and.....
Paris: L. Hachette ET C(ie), 1863. First Edition. Traduction Nouvelle avec une Introduction et des Notes par E.-A. Bétant, Derecteur du Gymnase de Genève. First edition of this popular French translation of Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War.' Bound in contemporary green stained leather over boards with gilded double rule.....
Parisiis (Paris): Barbou, via Mathurinensium, 1775. Later Edition. Green leather over boards with significantly gilded borders. Title and volume number on spine. Fore edges gilded. Covers and spine are worn and rubbed with rounded corners and some loss of leather. Binding still holding strong ; text block is tight. Pages.....