CLAUDIANUS. Cl. Claudiani Principum, Heroumque Poetae praegloriosissimi, Quae exstant. Caspar Barthius ope XVII manuscriptorum exemplarium restituit; commentario multo locupletiore, grammatico, critico, philologo, historico, philosophico, politicoque, ita illustravit, ut Auctor pretiosissimus omni aetati, scholasticae, academicae, aulicae, politicaeque, esse debeat ex commendato commendatissimus. Frankfurt (Francofurti), Apud Joannem Naumannum, Bibliop. Hamburgensem, 1650. 4to. (LXXVI, including title & frontispiece),111,(1 blank),1371,(1 blank),(31 corrigenda),(1 blank) p. Vellum 21 cm (Ref: VD17 3:006469N; Schweiger 2,283; Dibdin 1,470: 'Barthius commentary is not only superior to every work which preceded it, but has never been surpassed by any similar production'; Moss 1,376/7: 'rare, and held in considerable estimation'; Brunet 2,88; Ebert 4756; Graesse 2,194; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,201) (Details: 5 thongs laced ...

CICERO. Pensées de Cicéron, traduites pour servir à l'éducation de la Jeunesse; par M. l'Abbé d'Olivet. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée avec soin. Lyon, Chez Tournachon-Molin, 1804. 12mo. 317,(1) p. Calf 17.5 cm (Details: Back ruled gilt, boards with gilt borders. Marbled endpapers) (Condition: Binding scuffed, back rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Stamp on the verso of the front flyleaf. Paper slightly yellowing) (Note: This is a thematically organized anthology of texts of the Roman politician, rhetor and philosopher Cicero, 106-43 A.D, mostly taken from his philosophical works. It has 12 chapters: I, 'Sur la religion; II, Sur l'homme; III, Sur la conscience; IV, Sur les passions; V, Sur la sagesse; VI, Sur la probité; VII, Sur l'éloquence; VIII, Sur l'amitié; IX, Sur la vieillesse; X, Sur la mort; XI, Songe de Scipion; XII, ...

CICERO. Epistolarum selectarum libri tres, in usum scholarum curante C.F. NAGEL, qui animadversiones, et Belgicam interpretationem vocum & loquendi formularum difficilorum adjecit. Leiden, Honkoop, 1802. 161,12 p. Vellum 16.5 cm
Book number: 107928 Euro 41.00

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CICERO. M.T. Ciceronis De officiis, ex recensione Heusingerorum. Cato major, Laelius, Paradoxa, Somnium Scipionis, ex recensione J.A. Ernesti. Utrecht (Trajecti ad Rhenum), Apud B. Wild & J. Altheer, 1794. 12mo. (II),288 p. Vellum 13.5 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,205; cf. Dibdin 1,415; cf. Moss 1,309) (Details: 2 thongs laced through the joints. Edges dyed red. Label with woodcut coat of arms of Rotterdam, measuring 3,5 x 4,5 cm, on the front pastedown. Latin text of Cicero only, no preface, notes, translation or commentary) (Condition: Vellum a bit rubbed and soiled) (Note: This collection of philosophical works of the Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC, the De Officiis, Cato Major, Laelius, Paradoxa and the Somnium must have seen, ever since it first appeared in 1469, hundreds of editions. Of these five texts the first one, on the Offices, was the most important and the most popular. The editio ...

CICERO. M.T. Ciceronis Epistolae ad Familiares. Oder Ciceronis Briefe, die er an unterschiedene gute Freunde geschrieben, zu mehrern Nutzen der studierenden Jugend mit Deutschen Anmerkungen also erläutert, dass 1) die schweresten Constructiones erleichtert, 2) die besten Redens-Arten nach der reinen Deutschen Mund-Art übersetzet, 3) die historischen Umstände angezeiget, und 4) die Alterthümer kürzlich erkläret werden. Nebst unterschiedenen nöthigen und nützlichen Lateinischen und Deutschen Real- und Verbal-Registern. Neue verbesserte Auflage. Nürnberg, Verlegts Joh. Paul Krauss, Buchhändler in Wienn, 1761. 8vo. (XVI including frontispiece),740,(124 index) p. Calf 18 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,163; not yet in VD18) (Details: Back with 5 raised bands, and divided with gilt dentelles; red gilt shield in second compartment. Engraved frontispiece depicting a seated Cicero among his friends. Title ...

CICERO. M. Tullius Cicero, De Oratore ad fratrem. Ex MSS. recensuit Tho. Cockman e Coll. Univ. A.B. Editio secunda. Oxford (Oxoniae), E Theatro Shelodiano, impensis Jo. Stephens; & prostant venales apud Ja. Knapton ad Insigne Coronae in Coemeterio D. Pauli Lond., 1706. 8vo. (XII, including the frontispiece),294,(44 index) p. Vellum. 20 cm (Ref: ESTC N12260; Schweiger 2,120; Dibdin 1,432.33; Fabricius/Ernesti 1,147; Ebert 4314; Graesse 2,161) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. The frontispiece shows a bird's-eye view engraving of University College at Oxford, after the famous engraving of David Loggan in 'Oxonia Illustrata' of 1675. On the lower half of it an oval portrait of, as legend has it, the founder of University College in 872, King Alfred the Great. (See Wikipedia's article on 'University College, Oxford') This legend was accepted and promoted by the editor of this title, Thomas Cockman. § On the title ...

CICERO. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum libri XVI. Ad familiares, ut vulgo vocantur, ex recensione Io. Georgii Graevii cum ejusdem animadversionibus. Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1689. 12mo. Frontispiece, (X),638,(15 indices),(1 blank) p. Boards of ca. 1800. 16 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,162; Dibdin 423; Moss 1,329; Graesse 2,169) (Details: Gilt black shield on the back. The frontispiece depicts a seated Cicero giving a messenger a letter. Title in red and black) (Condition: Cover scuffed, worn at the extremes. Head & tail chafed. Shield slightly damaged. Front joint cracking but strong. Paper slightly yellowing) (Note: For centuries the Roman orator, author and politician Cicero retained a central position as a school author and a model for good writing, on protestant schools and in Jesuit colleges. The period of his greatest glory was the Renaissance, when he became the object of a literary cult called ...

CICERO. M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum, aliosque; ad optimas editiones collatae. Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Apud Joannem Blaeu, 1657. 12mo. (XII),740 p. Calf 14 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 093089015; not in Brunet, Graesse, Moss, Ebert or Schweiger, but cf. Schweiger 2,106) (Details: Back gilt, and with 5 raised bands. Woodcut printer's mark on the title depicting a sphere with the signs of the zodiac; the sphere is flanked by Tempus, who holds a scythe and has a winged hour glass on his head, and Hercules leaning on his club; the motto is: 'Indefessus agendo') (Condition: Binding scuffed. Leather chafed at the head & tail of the spine. Corners bumped. Both joints cracking, but firm. A small stain on the title. Bookplate on the front pastedown) (Note: This title is a reissue of volume VI of the 10 volume 'M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera', published by Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevier at Leiden in 1642. It ...

CICERO. Commentationes diversorum partim antea, partim nunc primum editae in Epist. M.T. Ciceronis, quae olim Familiares dictae, nunc rectius Ad Familiares appellantur. N.pl. (Geneva), Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1577. 8vo. 2 parts in 1: VIII,231,(1 blank);205,(1 blank) p. Vellum 16.5 cm (Ref: GLN-6033; Renouard, Estienne, 144; Schreiber, Estiennes, no. 15; Dibdin 1,423) (Details: The vellum that the binder used comes from a once sumptuously calligraphed manuscript leaf with Psalm 118 vss 17/21 written in six lines: 'Retribue servo tuo vivifica me et custodiam sermones tuos./ Revela oculos meos et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua./ Incola ego sum de (sic!) terra, non abscondas a me mandata tua./ Concupivit anima mea desiderare iustificationes tuas in omni tempore./ Increpasti superbos maledicti qui declinant a mandatis tuis'. The letter is the gothic 'textura', used for liturgical texts in the 14th & 15th century, and ...

CHOMPRÉ,P. Dictionnaire abrégé de la fable. Pour l'intelligence des poètes, des tableaux & des statues, dont les sujets sont tirés de l'histoire poétique. Par M. Chompré, licencié en droit. Nouvelle édition, augmentée. Bruxelles, Chez B. Le Francq, 1801. VIII,418 p. Hardbound 14 cm (Original binding covered with soiled yellow paper)(See wikipedia for Chompré)
Book number: 110966 Euro 52.00

Keywords: (Oude Druk), (Rare Books), Altertum, Antike, Antiquity, Dichtkunst, Greek religion, Lexikographie, Lexikon, Mythen, Mythologie, Poesie, Roman religion, classical art, griechische Religion, klassische Archäologie, klassische Kunst, lexicography, lexicon, mythology, myths, poetry

CEBES.- SPIEGHEL,H.L. H.L. Spieghels Hertspieghel en andere Zedeschriften, met verscheidene nooit gedrukte stukken verrijkt, en door aenteekeningen opgeheldert door P. Vlaming. Met nieuwe figuren. Amsterdam (t'Amsterdam), By Andries van Damme, 1723 8vo. (LXVIII),564 p. Frontispiece, 1 portrait, 2 folding plates, 8 full page engravings, 2 folding tables and 4 poems embedded in full page engravings. Calf. 19.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 17136984X; OiN p. 138; Geerebaert XXIV,7) (Details: Back and boards gilt with floral motives. Frontispiece by J. Goeree, C. van Haarlem, A van Buysen, it depicts Arion on the back of a huge dolphin, playing his lyre, while the storm rages. Title printed in red and black. Engraved printer's device designed and engraved by J. Goeree on the title, depicting 3 bucolic musicians, motto: 'Altro diletto ch' imparar non provo', 'I feel no greater delight than to learn'. After the preface ...

CEBES. KEBÊTOS THÊBAIOU PINAX. Cebes, des Thebaners Gemählde, mit erklärenden Anmerkungen und einem vollständigen Wortregister. Für Schulen bearbeitet von Johann David Büchling. Meissen, Bey Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Erbstein, 1796. 8vo. 176 p. Contemporary boards 18 cm (Ref: VD18 11454512; Hoffmann 1,443; not in Graesse or Ebert) (Details: Schoolbook, with an introduction of 34 p. At the end an index verborum of 54 p. Greek text on the upper half of the page, German notes on the lower half) (Condition: Cover worn at the extremities. Paper slightly yellowing. Two ownership inscriptions on the front endpapers) (Note: The dialogue Cebetis tabula dates from the first century A.D., it was attributed to the philosopher Cebes, a student of the Athenian Socrates. In it an ancient temple painting, which caught the attention of two visitors, is explained by an old man. It is an allegorical ...

CATO. Dionysii Catonis Disticha de moribus ad filium, praeter sedulam variantis lectionis per omnia conlationem, lectissimis etiam adornata flosculis poeticis, una cum singulis adposita distichis, binorum quoque versuum, idiomatum vero diversorum, interpretatione quincuplice. Adjecta sunt lemmata Catoniana, suis quaeque restituta distichis. (And:) Historia critica Catoniana, per singulorum seriem consuetam, Dionysii Catonis Distichorum ex ordine deducta. Cui praemittuntur Maximi Planudis Metaphrasis Graeca, cum castigationibus Josephi Scaligeri in eamdem perpetuis: itemque Desiderii Erasmi concinna expositio. Adnexae sunt (...) Barthii, Opitii, Daumii, Wachii, Boxhornii, Cannegieteri, Withofii & Arntzeniorum fratrum animadversiones selectae. Addita quoque ad calcem Distichorum cuique nova paraphrasis. Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Apud Franciscum Houttuyn, 1759. 8vo. 2 volumes, in different bindings: Volume 1, vellum & 21 cm: XVI,348 p., 5 engraved ...

CATO. Dionysii Catonis Disticha de moribus ad filium. Cum notis integris Scaligeri, Barthii, Daumii; scholiis atque animadversionibus selectis Erasmi, Opitii, Wachii; et metaphrasi graeca Planudis et Scaligeri. Quibus accedunt Boxhornii dissertatio, et Henrici Cannegieteri rescripta Boxhornio de Catone; nec non Joan. Hild. Withofii Dissertationes binae de distichorum auctore et vera illorum lectione. Recensuit, suasque adnotationes addidit Otto Arntzenius. Editio altera auctior & emendatior. Amsterdam (Amstelaedami), Ex officina Schouteniana, 1754. 8vo. LXXVI (including frontispiece),578,(36 index),(2 blank) p. Contemporary vellum. 21 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 191502472; Schweiger 2,70: 'Der Herausgeber hat seine eigenen Anmerkungen sehr vermehrt'; Brunet 1,1668; Graesse 2,82; Ebert 3736: 'A new recension from MSS. and old editions') (Details: 6 thongs laced through both joints. Boards with gilt borders and corner pieces; gilt ...

CASAUBON,I. Isaaci Casauboni De Satyrica Graecorum Poesi, & Romanorum Satira libri duo. In quibus etiam poetae recensentur, qui in utraque poesi floruerunt. (Accedit: Cyclops Euripidae latinitate donata, a Q. Septimo Florente Christiano) Paris (Parisiis), Apud Ambrosium & Hieronymum Drouart, 1605. 8vo. (XVI),356,(2 addenda),(2 blank),38,(2 blank) p., 1 text engraving. Restored full calf 17 'Casaubon produced the first critical survey of literary history in his 'De Satyra Graecorum Poesi & Romanorum Satira', which has gone through many editions and can fairly be called a model of its kind'. (Wilamowitz) (Ref: Brunet 1,1613/14; Ebert 3628) (Details: Binding tastefully and expertly restored, antique style. Back with 4 raised bands. The remains of the original gilt back skillfully attached to the spine. An engraving of an ancient gem on p. 67) (Condition: Title slightly spotted; paper slightly yellowing) ...

CAPELLE,A.G. VAN. Commentatio de Regibus et Antiquitatibus Pergamenis. N.pl., n.d. (Amsterdam, 1842) VIII,172 p., 1 plate with coins, 1 folding lithographed map. Contemporary blue stiff wrappers. 28 cm (Note: The Dutch schoolmaster Arend Gerard van Capelle, 1795-1852, was conrector, and later rector of the Gymnasium of Amsterdam, the precursor of the 'Barlaeus Gymnasium'. His dissertation of 1817 was on Hellenistic history, 'De Zenobia, Palmyrenorum Augusta'. He published also an edition of Terentius, 'P. Terentii Afri Comoediae quas ad fidem optimarum editionum denuo castigavit, illustravit, edidit Arentius Gerardus Van Cappelle', (Amsterdam 1838).
Book number: 152696 Euro 150.00

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