Early 19th century half calf; gilt particulars to spine. Red edges. The work of a major Roman poet, ca. A. D. 45-96. One of a famous series of 50 volumes of Greek and Latin classical authors published by the Societas Bipontina, beginning in 1779. Bipontium was the modern Latin name for Zweibrucken (or Deux Ponts) in Bavaria, where the earlier volumes were printed; the project was later transferred to Strasbourg. The preface provides a quite thorough index of significant manuscripts. Notes on front fly (see image). xxiv, 527pp. View More...
Dark brown cloth boards with debossed decoration to boards and gilt particulars to spine. Bookplate of M.C.C. Stopes to front pastedown. Organized into two parts, Egypt and Babylonia, then further into 10 sections. Some topics for Egypt include: The Sun God and the Ennead, Animal Worship, The Sacred Books, and Osiris and the Osirian Faith, as well as others. Some topics for Babylonia include: Primitive Animism, The Sun-God and Istar, Cosmologies, Myths and Epics, Astro-Theology and the Moral Element in Babylonian Religion, as well as others. General wear to boards (see image) and some minor sp... View More...
Green cloth with gilt particulars to spine and speckled edges to pages. In the original Greek with a glossary. Includes forward by the author. [vii], 386 p. First Edition. View More...
Half dark green morocco over tan cloth boards with gilt rule, decoration, and text to front board. 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. This is a facsimile edition of the original 1846 edition. Notes on this edition by Dr. Hans D. Schneider, Director of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden, the Netherlands. An unused copy free of previous owners' names or other markings. 17 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is an over-sized book weighing 25 lbs. View More...
Printed wraps. Losses to spine. Pages tanned, otherwise, a nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; [i],52 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Twelve volume set in fourteen books, in which Vol. I and Vol. II are in two parts. Red cloth some in accompanying dust-jackets. Top edges gilt; gilt titles to spines. Clean tight copies without previous owners' names or other markings. Please expect the possibility of extra postage as this is a larger set. 6.75 x 9.25 in Dust jacket present. View More...
Maroon cloth with Caslon gilt particulars to front board and spine, facsimile copy of the 1873 edition created c. 1972 by scholar in a nice binding printed on recto only with ample space for notes. French text. 476 pp. 8 3/4 x 11 inches View More...
Burgundy Japanese paper over original leather; red cloth boards. Gilt rule to boards, paper label adhered to spine; and gilt particulars to front board. All edges gilt. 37 albumen prints. Ex-library stamps [Barrow Public Library] to verso of each plate, notes in pencil to verso of first free leaf, otherwise no other names or markings (see image). Slightf oxing and occasional light soiling to pages. 13 x 17 3/4 inches. View More...
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Wien, Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften : 1982
Seller ID: 5463
Dark green cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine; dust jacket protected in mylar. German text. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout, as well as fold-out illustrations and maps. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 330 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Scarce two volume set of half red Morocco with gilt floriated panels and title to spine; five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplates to front; otherwise no previous owner's names or other markings.. Worn corners and top of volume I spine. Pp. [viii] 399 Vol. Pp. [viii] 448 4.5 x 6.5 in First Edition. View More...
Brown cloth with gilt scarab decoration and particulars to front cover. Gilt particulars to spine; some wear to head and tail of spine. Decorative endpapers; some foxing to front endpapers. Frontispiece of Earl of Carnarvon A nice clean copy. ; Large 8vo; xxiii, 231 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Wear to head of spine, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 495 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Red and black partially engraved title followed by Sir Robert Hartley's engraved heraldic plate. Nine additional plates, one of which is folding. First published as Archaeologiæ Graecæ, or, The antiquities of Greece in 1697-1698; this the first Latin edition. [12] pages, 788 columns, [14] pages of Index. 26 x 40 cm. Front blank fly with losses to gutter, otherwise a fresh, clean copy in the original six raised-band vellum. View More...
Half brown morocco over marbled paper boards. Gilt particulars to spine. Losses to spine. Hinges cracked but still holding. Speckled edges. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Asa P. French dated 1912 to front pastedown, who served as United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1906 to 1914. Front free fly detached. Previous owner's name inked to front fly. Foxing throughout.; Small 8vo 7 - 8 tall; [vi], 437, [ii] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Still wrapped in publisher's shrink wrap. Brown leather with four raised bands. Gilt particulars, gilt edges, and a silk ribbon. No markings. View More...
Half calf. Five raised bands. Marbled boards. Boards detached; binding separated at p. 50; wear all around; lacking frontispiece. Occasional scholia. Full page plates on recto only; some reinforced at verso edges; one with losses at gutter (request images). xl;196;142;10 pp. View More...
Set of Volume IV; 15 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume IV covers Merenptah and the Late 19th Dynasty. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination: 33-448 pp., xxxii. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. First Edition. View More...
Complete set of Volume V; 19 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume V covers Setnakht, Ramesses III, and Contemporaries. Other volumes from this series are available. Light creasing and dents to wraps. Continuous pagination: 1-672 pp., [xxxii]. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. F... View More...
Complete set of Volume VI; 29 fascicules purchased at time of publication. All in light green wraps, top of pages uncut. "[Ramesside Inscriptions] is designed to bring together the principal hieroglyphic inscriptions of the 19th and 20th Dynasties in a compact and accurate edition that shall be both comprehensive and handy to use, to meet a longstanding need." Volume VI covers Ramesses IV to XI and Contemporaries. Other volumes from this series are available. Continuous pagination: 1-880 pp., [xxxii]. Sizes range from 8 x 11 inches to 8.5 x 11.5 inches. First Edition. View More...