EPICTETUS. Epicteti Enchiridium una cum Cebetis Thebani tabula, Graec. & Lat. Cum notis Wolfii, Casauboni, Caselii & aliorum; quibus accedit Graeca Enchiridii paraphrasis, lacunis omnibus, codicis Medicei ope a Jacobo Gronovio repletis. Recensuit & a plurimis mendis, quae in priores editiones irrepserant, repurgavit, ac notis quibusdam & animadversionibus illustravit Joannes Casparus Schröderus. Delft (Delphis), Apud Adrianum Beman, 1723. 8vo. (LXIV),288 p., frontispiece, folding plate. Vellum 20.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 140819754; Oldfather no. 232, but see also Oldfather Supplement no. 233; Hoffmann 2,15; Dibdin 1,515: on the 2nd edition of 1683: 'is reputed the best of the octavo Variorums'; Ebert 6777; Brunet 2,1013) (Details: 6 thongs laced through the joints. Engraved frontispiece depicting the philosopher Epictetus, behind him a host of (allegoric) female followers. One holds a lamp, another a pair of scales. In his left hand Epictetus holds a scroll ...

ERASMUS. Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia, nunc emendatiora. Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662. 12mo. (XX),672 p. Overlapping vellum. 14 cm (Ref: Willems 1285: 'Réimpression ligne pour ligne de l'édition donnée par les Elzevier en 1655'; Berghman 1350; Rahir 1324; Brunet 2,1040) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Title engraved by Corn. Cl. Duysend, it depicts a standing Erasmus, who looks through a telescope into a clouded sky; from a cloud comes the hand of God, that bears the 'globus cruciger' (corss-bearing orb, in German Reichsapfel); the globe represents the earth, and he who holds the globe, owns the world. The motto on the title suits Erasmus: 'Vidit, pervidit, risit'. This engraved title was already used by Elsevier for the edition of the Colloquia of 1636. On the last of the preliminary pages a woodcut illustration, depicting both sides of a medal of ...

ERASMUS. Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Liber utilissimus de conscribendis epistolis, continens artificium & praecepta in earum compositione observanda. Editio nova, diligenter ab erratis expurgata. Amsterdam, Apud Henricum & Theodorum Boom, 1670. 12mo. 470,(33),(1 blank) p., frontispiece. Calf 13 cm The definitive work on the subject (Ref: Spoelder p. 644: Middelburg 5;) (Details: Prize copy, but without the prize. Back ruled gilt, with a red morocco letterpiece. The boards have gilt borders. In the center of both boards the gilt coat of arms of Middelburg. The frontispiece depicts Erasmus in his study, writing a letter. On the title a woodcut printer's mark, depicting Hercules, club at hand, and the Nemean lion under a tree, the motto reads: 'Virtus nescia vinci', 'Virtue doesnot know defeat') (Condition: Some wear to the extremes. Front flyleaf removed. The blank upper margin of the frontispiece ...

ERASMUS. Des. Erasmi Roterod. Apophthegmatum, ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus collectorum libri octo. Editio novissima, a multis, quibus antea scatebat mendis diligenter repurgata. Amsterdam (Amstelodami), Apud Joannem Ravesteinium, Civitatis & Illustris Scholae Typographum Ordinarium, 1671. 12mo. (XXIV),642,(19 index sententiarum),(1 blank) Vellum 14 cm (Details: The engraved frontispiece depicts Erasmus while writing a book; a woman with a laurel wreath in her hair stands in front of him, she holds a mirror. Woodcut printer's device on the title, depicting the prophet Elijah resting against a tree and being fed by ravens. This scene is described in the Old Testament in book 1 Kings, ch.17, vss.1-4, where the Septuagint speaks of 'korakes', ravens that feed Elijah. This is of course an allusion to the printer's name Ravenstein. The entrepreneur's motto is Exspectando, i.e. in expectancy) ...

ERASMUS. MÔRIAS EGKÔMION. Id est Stultitiae laus. Erasmi Roterodami declamatio. Ad fidem editionis antiquae Frobenii figuris Holbenianis ornata. Cum duabus Erasmi epistolis ad Martinum Dorpium et ad Thomam Morum. Accessit dialogus Epicureus. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud D. Noothoven van Goor, 1851. XL,233 p.; illustrations in the text, 2 portraits. Half calf. 24 cm (Details: Rebound in antique style. Back with 5 raised bands. Portrait of Erasmus lithographed by H.J. Backer after H. Holbein bound before the title, and a lithographed portrait of Hans Holbein at the end of the preliminary pages) (Note: This edition of 1851 is a reissue of an edition which was published earlier in the Dutch town of Hoorn in 1839. The sale of that edition apparantly fell short of expectation. The remainder was sold and was republished in Leiden in 1851. Only the title was renewed. The edition was produced by the Dutch schoolmaster Cornelis Alard ...

ESTIENNE,H. Apologie pour Hérodote, ou traité de la conformité des merveilles anciennes avec les modernes par Henri Estienne. Nouvelle Édition, faite sur la première, augmentée de tout ce que les posterieures ont de curieux, et de remarques par Mr. Le Duchat, avec une table alphabétique des matieres. The Hague (à La Haye), Chez Henri Scheurleer, 1735. 8vo. 2 volumes in 3: (IV),XXXVI,200,(48 index); (IV), p. 201 - 624; (IV),(IV),434 p., 3 engraved frontispieces. 19th or 20th century calf. 17 cm 'Stephanus plays an important role in the reception of Herodotus' (Ref: STCN ppn 213119420; Hoffmann 2,242/43; Brunet 2,1077; Graesse 2,506; Ebert 6972: 'Unmutilated and enlarged edition with good observations'; Renouard p. 126/28, who calls this 1735 edition 'bien imprimée' and 'la seule complète') (Details: Tasteful binding in antique style: backs ...

EUCLIDES. De ses eerste boeken der beginselen van Euclides op een korte en klare manier gedemonstreert door Henrick Coets, lector in de Mathesis te Leyden. Met eene voorreden, en eenige aanmerkingen verrykt door Wilhelmus La Bordus. Den derden druck, veel verandert en verbeetert. Leiden (Te Leyden), By Samuel Luchtmans, Ordinaris Stads Drukker, 1740. 8vo. (X),435,(1 blank) p. Half calf 17.5 cm (Ref: Geerebaert 36,9,b; OiN 174) (Details: Back with 4 raised bands. Red morocco shield in the second compartment. Title in red & black. Numerous woodcut geometric illustrations in the text) (Condition: Cover worn. Back rubbed. Small tear in the head of the spine. Two old ownership entries on the title) (Note: Euclides was a Greek mathematician who lived in the 3rd cent. B.C. He wrote the most famous book in the history of mathematics, the 'Elements'. His work was intended for teaching, and follows a deductive approach. ...

EUNAPIUS. EUNAPIOU TOU SARDIANOU BIOI philosophôn kai sophistôn. Eunapius Sardianus, De vitis philosophorum et sophistarum, Hadriano Iunio Hornano interprete. Graeca cum mss. Palatinis comparata, aucta & emendata Hieronymi Commelini opera. Nunc recens accedunt eiusdem auctoris Legationes, e bibliotheca Andreae Schotti Antverpiani. N.pl. (Geneva), Oliva Pauli Stephani, 1616. 8vo. 169,(1),(5 index),(1 blank) p. 18th century boards. 17 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 2,65; Renouard, Stephani, 497 (erronously dating 1612); Schweiger 1,114; Graesse 2,518; Ebert 7069; Brunet 2,1094) (Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title, depicting a man on his knees under an olive tree, he is praying; some branches are broken off and are falling down; from the mouth of the man comes on a banner the motto: 'rami ut ego insererer defracti sunt', 'the branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in'. (Romans 11,19) The text is ...

EURIPIDES. Euripides poeta, Tragicorum princeps, in Latinum sermonem conversus, adiecto e regione textu Graeco: cum annotationibus et praefationibus in omnes eius Tragoedias, autore Gasparo Stiblino. Accesserunt, Iacobi Micylli, De Euripidis vita, ex diversis autoribus collecta; item De Tragoedia & eius partibus 'prolegomena' quaedam. Item Ioannis Brodaei Turonensis Annotationes doctiss. nunquam antea in lucem editae. Ad haec, rerum & verborum toto opere praecipue memorabilium copiosus index. Cum Caes. Maiest. & Christianiss. Gallorum Regis gratia ac privilegio, ad decennium. Basel (Basileae), Per Ioannem Oporinum, (1562) (Colophon at the end: 'Basileae, Ex officina Ioannis Oporini, Anno salutis humanae 1562, mense Martio') Folio. p. 1-667; col. 668-679, (1 p.), col. 680-845; (23 index) p. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. 34 cm This Euripides edition is the first to offer a Greek text accompanied by a ...

EURIPIDES. Feniciaensche, of Gebroeders van Thebe. Treurspel. Verduitscht door J.v. Vondel. Amsterdam, Voor de weduwe van Abraham de Wees, 1668. 4to. 63,(1 blank) p. New plain wrappers. 20 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 842171703; Geerebaert 37,2; OiN 175, Unger 706) (Details: Woodcut printer's mark on the title) (Condition: Title page somewhat dustsoiled. Last leaf, once loose, reattached) (Note: First edition of the Dutch verse translation of Euripides' tragedy 'the Phoenissae', made by the Dutch poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel, 1587-1679, one of the most important authors of the Dutch Golden Age. In the preface of the play Vondel argues that this tragedy is about tiranny, and uncontrolable lust for power, which leads to terrible bloodshed. Vondel tells us also that the famous Dutch jurist Hugo de Groot sent him once a copy of his Latin translation of this piece, which he had translated when he was sentenced to life ...

EURIPIDES. EURIPIDOU PHOINISSAI. Euripidis tragoedia Phoenissae. Interpretationem addidit H. Grotii; Graeca castigavit e Mstis, atque adnotationibus instruxit, scholia, partim nunc primum evulgata, subiecit Ludovicus Casp. Valckenaer. Franeker (Franequerae), Typis et sumptibus, Iacobi Brouwer, 1755. 4to. XXIV,831,(19 index) p. Half calf 22.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 151473129; Hoffmann 2,76/77; Schweiger I,119; Brunet 2,1106; Dibdin I,545; Moss 1,424; Graesse 2,523: 'édition excellente'; Ebert 7102) (Details: Back with 5 raised bands, and a brown morocco lettershield; margins uncut. § Greek text with facing Latin translation, commentary in two columns on the lower half of the page; p. 561-815 contain the scholia to the 'Phoenissae', accompanied by Latin commentary; at the end 14 p. 'Prolegomena' to the 'Phoenissae' by Hugo Grotius) (Condition: Back rubbed; head of spine slightly chafed; ...

EURIPIDES. EURIPIDOU HIPPOLUTOS. Euripidis tragoedia Hippolytus, quam, Latino carmine conversam a Georgio Ratallero, adnotationibus instruxit Ludov. Casp. Valckenaer. (Bound with:) Lud. Casp. Valckenari Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum reliquias. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Ioann. Luzac & Ioann. Le Mair, 1767 - 1768. 4to. 2 volumes in 1: XXVIII,322,(XVIII);VIII,312 p. Vellum 26 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 2,78; Moss 1,425: 'A very elegant and excellent edition, containing a very correct text'; Dibdin 1,548/49: 'It is a perfect specimen of careful research, acute emendation, and copious illustration'; Brunet 2,1104: 'Édition très recherchée'; Graesse 2,522; Ebert 7107; Spoelder p. 684, Utrecht 4; Ad 1: STCN 238032841; Ad 2: STCN 23803271X; Hoffmann 2,97) (Details: Prize copy Utrecht, without the prize. Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Boards with gilt borders and the gilt coat of arms of ...

EURIPIDES. EURIPIDOU PHOINISSAI. Euripidis tragoedia Phoenissae. Interpretationem addidit H. Grotii; graeca castigavit e Mstis, atque adnotationibus instruxit, scholia subiecit Ludovicus Casp. Valckenaer. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans, 1802. 4to. 2 parts in 1 volume: (IV),23,(1 blank),452;196 p. Vellum. 26 cm. Prize copy (Ref: Hoffmann 2,77; Schweiger I,119; Brunet 2,1106; Dibdin I,545; Moss 1,424; Ebert 7102) (Details: Prize copy Utrecht, but without the prize. Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Boards with gilt borders, and the gilt coat of arms of Utrecht, within a gilt rectangle adorned with corner pieces. § The first part contains the introduction, the Greek text of Euripides' Phoenissae, with critical notes and the parallel Latin translation of Grotius, followed by the commentary of Valckenaer. The second part contains the Scholia to 'veterum grammaticorum in Euripidis Phoenissas. ...

EURIPIDES. De Fenicische vrouwen. Treurspel, naar Euripides, door P. Camper, Ph. Th. M. & L.H. Doctor. Zutphen, Bij H.C.A. Thieme, 1823. (I),4, XLVIII,140,(4) p. Red morocco. 21 cm (Ref: Geerebaert XXXVII,11; not in OiN) (Details: Back ruled gilt and with a beige shield in the 'second compartment'. Boards with borders consisting of a row of gilt floral motives. Edges of the boards and of the bookblock also gilt. Oval engraving on the title page, designed bij P. Camper and engraved by D. Veelwaard. Marbled endpapers) (Condition: Binding somewhat soiled and worn at the extremes. An extra flyleaf, once bound before the title, has been removed. On this disappeared flyleaf Camper probably wrote a dedication. Faint ink traces of this dedication are still visible on the verso of the flyleaf. (The Royal Library in The Hague has a copy of this title, bound in exact the same binding, but still having Camper's dedication to the ...

EUSEBIUS. Eusebii Pamphili, Ruffini, Socratis, Theodoreti, Sozomeni, Theodori, Euagrij, & Dorothei Ecclesiastica Historia. Sex prope seculorum res gestas complectens; Latine olim a doctissimis viris partim scripta, partim e Graeco a clarissimis viris, Vuolfgango Musculo, Ioachimo Camerario & Iohanne Christophersono Britanno, eleganter conversa; et nunc ex fide Graecorum codicum, sic ut novum opus videri possit, per Ioan. Iacobum Grynaeum locis obscuris innumeris illustrata, dubijs explicata, mutilis restituta; Chronographia insuper Abrahami Bucholceri, ad Annum Epochae Christianae 1598. & lectionis sacrae historiae luculenta Methodo exornata. Cum continuatione in praesentem annum 1611. Et indicibus rerum verborumque locupletiss. Basel (Basileae), Per Sebastianum Henricpetri, n.d. (1611) Folio. (LXXX),807,(1 blank),(23 index),(1) p. Overlapping vellum 34 cm (Ref: VD17 23:297069D; Hoffmann 2,107) (Details: Latin translation only. ...

EUSEBIUS. Kerkelyke geschiedenissen, zedert den dood van onzen Zaligmaker tot aan den volkomen bloeistand van 't Kristendom. Waar in van de prediking der Apostelen; de Heilige Schrift des N. Verbonds; de opvolgeren der Apostelen; de uitmuntende mannen in de vornaamste kerken, en hunne schriften; de vervolgingen; martelaren; scheuringen; ketteryen, en andere zaken, de eerste Kristen Kerk betreffende, berigt wordt gegeven: In het Grieksch beschreven door Eusebius Pamfilus, (...). Nu vertaald en met vele aantekeningen opgehelderd door Abraham Arent Vander Meersch; (...). Amsterdam (Te Amsteldam), By F. Houttuyn, 1749. 4to. Frontispiece, (XLVI),584,L,116,(36) p., 2 folding maps. Vellum. 26.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 82986403, STCN does not mention the cancel of leaf 2Y4, p. 359/360, which our copy has; OiN p. 180) (Details: Title printed in red & black. The frontispiece by J.C. Philips depicts an allegorical scene of the battle between False ...

EUTROPIUS. Eutropii Historiae Romanae Breviarium ab Urbe condita usque ad Valentinianum et Valentem Augustos, notis et emendationibus illustravit Anna Tanaquilli Fabri filia jussu christianissimi regis in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Paris (Parisiis), Apud Viduam Antonii Cellier, 1683. 4to. (XIV),183,(3 blank) p. (recte 181,(3 blank) p.) Calf 24 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,346; Moss 1,436: 'edited by the celebrated Madame Dacier'; Brunet 2,1115; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,136; Graesse 2,529; Ebert 7181; La collection Ad Usum Delphini, 2, 304/12) (Details: Back gilt & with 5 raised bands; brown shield in second compartment. Some woodcut initials, headpieces and cul-de-lampes. Engraved coat of arms of the Dauphin at the beginning of the dedication) (Condition: Binding rubbed & worn at extremities. Corners bumped. The title leaf has been strengthened in the inner margin with a very small strip of paper. A tear in the outer margin has ...

EUTROPIUS. Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae, cum metaphrasi graeca Paeanii, et notis integris El. Vineti, Henr. Glareani, Tan. & An. Fabri, Chr. Cellarii, Th. Hearnii, Ch. Aug. Heumanni, et Sig. Havercampi, item selectis Frid. Sylburgii. Accedit Rufus Festus, cum notis integris Frid. Sylburgii, Chr. Cellarii, et Sig. Havercampi. Recensuit, suasque adnotationes cum indicibus copiosissimis addidit Henricus Verheyk. Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Apud Samuelem et Joannem Luchtmans, 1762. 8vo. LIV,(76),772;(90 index) p. Calf 21 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 238643581; Schweiger 2,348 & 857; Dibdin 2,3/4; Moss 2,437/8; Fabricius/Ernesti 3,137: 'sine dubio optima editio'; Graesse 2,529; Ebert 7187) (Details: Mottled calf. Gilt back with 5 raised bands. Red morocco shield in the second compartment) (Condition: Binding somewhat worn & scratched. Head & tail of the spine chafed. Corners slightly bumped. A nice copy) (Note: ...

EWALD,J.L. Godsdienstig Handboek voor Christen-vrouwen en dochters, door Joan Lodewijk Ewald. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Amsterdam, Bij Johannes van der Hey, 1809. 8vo. XII,471,(1) p. Half calf 23 cm. (Details: Nice copy. Back ruled gilt. Red gilt shield in the 'second compartment'. Marbled boards. Engraving of a devotional scene on the title, engraved by J.E. Marcus, it depicts 2 women in a wreath of clouds; one of them points with her right finger to heaven; on her girdle in Greek the first 3 letters 'THEO', the rest of the text disappears in her dress. She is probably the personification of THEOLOGIA. To complete it as THEOTOKOS, an epithet of Maria, is of course impossible in a book on female protestant virtue. Next to this woman stands a young woman who has veiled her hair and humbly looks downward) (Condition: Endpapers somewhat foxed. Edges slightly foxed. Ownership inscription on the front flyleaf) (Note: The German protestant ...

FABER SORANUS, BASILIUS. Basilii Fabri Sorani Thesaurus eruditionis scholasticae, omnium usui et disciplinis omnibus accommodatus post celeberrimorum virorum Buchneri, Cellarii, Graevii operas et adnotationes et multiplices A. Stübelii et Io. Mat. Gesneri curas iterum recensitus, emendatus, locupletatus. Frankfurt , Leipzig (Francofurti, Lipsiae), In taberna libraria Ioh. Frid. Gleditsch, 1749. Folio. 2 parts in 1: (X) p.; 1792;1308 columns; (198 index) p. Vellum 39.5 cm (Ref: Brunet 2,2/1146; Ebert 7243: the best edition; Graesse 2,540; Spoelder p. 618/19: Kampen 2) (Details: Back ruled gilt. Red morocco shield in the 'second compartment'. Board with gilt borders, and the gilt coat of arms of Kampen. Woodcut of Pegasus on the title. Printed in 2 columns. At the one finds a 198 p. 'Index germanico-latinus rerum, vocabulorum, phrasium, descriptionum & locutionum proverbialium') (Condition: Vellum slightly ...