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GREEK and LATIN CLASSICS IV Blackwell’S Rare Books 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Blackwell’S rare books GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS IV Blackwell’s Rare Books 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Direct Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 333555 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1865 792792 Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1865 794143 www.blackwell.co.uk/ rarebooks Our premises are in the main Blackwell bookstore at 48-51 Broad Street, one of the largest and best known in the world, housing over 200,000 new book titles, covering every subject, discipline and interest, as well as a large secondhand books department. There is lift access to each floor. The bookstore is in the centre of the city, opposite the Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre, and close to several of the colleges and other university buildings, with on street parking close by. Oxford is at the centre of an excellent road and rail network, close to the London - Birmingham (M40) motorway and is served by a frequent train service from London (Paddington). Hours: Monday–Saturday 9am to 6pm. (Tuesday 9:30am to 6pm.) Purchases: We are always keen to purchase books, whether single works or in quantity, and will be pleased to make arrangements to view them. Auction commissions: We attend a number of auction sales and will be happy to execute commissions on your behalf. Blackwell online bookshop www.blackwell.co.uk Our extensive online catalogue of new books caters for every speciality, with the latest releases and editor’s recommendations. We have something for everyone. Select from our subject areas, reviews, highlights, promotions and more. Orders and correspondence should in every case be sent to our Broad Street address (all books subject to prior sale). Please mention Greek and Latin Classics Catalogue when ordering. Cover illustration: Item 46 (adapted) 1. Aeschylus, et al. TragoediaeSelectaeAeschyli,Sophoclis, Euripidis.CumdupliciinterpretationeLatina,unaad verbum,alteracarmine.[Geneva:]ExcudebatHenr. Stephanus,1567,lightdampmarkinlowermargin,a touchofwormingingutteratend,somecornersandlast fewleavescreased,lightsoilingandbrowning,pp.[iv], 379,[5,blanks],955,[1],16mo,contemporaryvellum overpasteboardboards,stained,spinedarkened,no flyleaves,good(AdamsA269;Schreiber169;Renouard 130.5) £1,000 ‘Apocketedition,forthe“commonreader,”ofeightGreek tragedies’(Schreiber);thiscompilationisperhapsrather thicktofitinapocket,butwascertainlydesignedtobe portable.Toaidsaidcommonreader,Estienneprovidesthe Greektextofeachplay,facingaprosetranslationintoLatin, inthelongersecondsection.Thefirstsectioncontainsversetranslationsofeachplay (exceptAeschylus’sPrometheusBound)bynotabletranslators:Euripides’sHecubaand IphigeniaatAulis(Erasmus),MedeaandAlcestis(GeorgeBuchanan),andSophocles’s Ajax,Antigone,andElectra(GeorgeRataller). ThecriticNorthropFrye,remarkingthat‘Imusttrytogetholdof...TragoediaeSelectae, ananthologyof“interpretations”,whatevertheyare,’speculatedthat‘thismustbethe onlytangiblelinkbetweenElizabethan&Greektragedy...thebookwasfamiliartoLodge, whoquotesitinhisDefenceofPoetryagainstGosson’(NotebooksonRenaissance Literature,p.104). 2. Aeschylus. TheTragediesofAeschylusTranslated.ByR.Potter.Thesecondedition, corrected,withnotes.[Twovolumes.]PrintedforW.Strahan;andT.Cadell,1779, somespotting,oneleafwithaclosedtearacross7linesoftext(noloss),pp.[iv],lxvi, [22],254;[iv],383,[1],8vo,untrimmedinoriginalbluepaperwraps,rebackedwith greenpaper,newprintedpaperlabels,endpapersrenewed,theoriginalpaperonvol. isomewhatnibbledexposingboards,good(ESTCT87013) £200 ThesecondeditionofthefirstcompleteEnglish-languageversionofthesurviving playsofAeschylus,whohadbeenlargelyneglectedinEnglishuntilthatpoint(thefirst publishedtranslationofanyindividualplayappearedonlyin1773).Thetranslationis bytheNorfolkclergymanRobertPotterandhadbeenfirstpublishedtwoyearsearlierat Norwich.Thework‘broughthimtothenoticeofLondonliterarysociety’(ODNB)andit wasstillbeingreprintedasastandardversionaslateas1938. 3. Aesop. VitaetFabulaeavirisdoctiss.inlatinamlinguamversae:interquosL. Valla,A.Gellius,D.Erasmus,aliiquequorumnominaignorantur.Fabellaetres,ex Politiano,PetroCrinito,BaptistaManuano.FabulaeitemLau.Abstemii.Paris:Ex officinaRobertiStephanieregionescholaedecretorum.1529,titlelightlybrowned, somelightbrowningandspottingelsewhere,afewleaveswithearlymarginalia (theselightlywashedorfadedandmostlyillegible),pp.290(lastleafmisnumbered 273-4),[14],8vo,eighteenth-centurycalf,boardsborderedingilt,spinewithfive 1 blackwell rare books raisedbands,redmoroccoletteringpiecein secondcompartment,therestwithcentralgilt knottoolsandadoubledbirdrollatfoot,joints andspineendsexpertlyrepaired,marbled endpapersatrear,fourrubricatedblanksat front,good(Renouard31.18) £2,000 The rareandpreferablesecondprintingbyRobert EstienneofAesop’sfablesinLatin,translated primarilybyLaurentiusVallabutwithcontributions fromothernotablehumanistsincludingErasmus andPolitianus,andwithoriginalfablesby Politianus,Crinitus,andMantuanus.Estiennewould in1546printanimportanteditionoftheGreektext, butheprecededthatwithseveralprintingsofthis Latinversion,thefirstin1527.‘Theeditionof1529is calledintheBibl. Sarraziana .(partiii.p 39),“editio omninoaccurataetrara”’(DibdinI247). Thissecondeditionisindeedslightlyrarerthanthedistinctlyscarcefirst–wehave tracedfourcopiesintotalofthe1527printing,andonlythreeofthe1529:noneinCOPAC andjustthreeinOCLC,atYale,Tulane,andPrinceton.Thiscopybearstwoownership inscriptionsonthefrontflyleaf:thefirstofHerbertNormanEvans(1802-1877,the inscriptiondated1855)ofHampstead,whowasequallynotedasadoctorandbook collector.ThesecondinscriptionisbyThomasBraun,Oxfordclassicist,recordingthegift ofthevolumetohimbyIlseRosenthal-Schneider,astudentandlife-longcorrespondent ofEinstein,in1980–BraunhadeditedacollectionofherdiscussionswithEinstein,von LaueandPlanckinthatyear. 4. Aesop. FabulaeAesopiGraeceetLatine,nuncdenuoselectae:eaeitem,quasAvienus carmineexpressit.Acceditranarumetmurionpugna,Homeroolimasscripta. Amsterdam:ApudJansonioWaesbergios,1726,47woodcutswithintext,textin LatinandGreekinfacingcolumnsorpages,alittlelightspotting,pp.134,[2],8vo, contemporarymottledsheep,rebackedandrepairedaroundtheedges,spinewith fourraisedbands,oldletteringpiecepreserved,frontflyleafrenewedwitholdpaper, alittlechippingtooldleather,good £500 ThepenultimateDutchschoolbookeditionofAesop,editedbyDanielHeinsiusand printedbyorderoftheStatesofHollandforuseintheregion’sschools.The‘Schoolordre’ of1625establishedafixedcurriculum,inwhichAesopfeaturedasthefirsttextfor studentslearningGreekandaspartofthethirdclassintheLatinschool.Tosupplythe resultingdemandabilingualeditionoftheFablesillustratedwithcharmingwoodcuts wasfirstprintedin1632andoftenreprintedthereafter(beforelongtheHomeric ‘Batrachomyomachia’wasaddedaswell).Afterthis1726editionanotherappearedthe followingyear,issuedatbothUtrechtandAmsterdam,whichmayhavefinallysaturated themarket,sincenolaterprintingsarelistedinSTCN.Asasschoolbook,however,its popularitygoeshand-in-handwithalowsurvivalrate,andonlytwocopiesofthisedition arerecordedinCOPAC–BLandGlasgow. 2 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS 5. Aesop. FabulaeGraeco-Latinae.CumnovisNotis,necnon Versioneemendata.Eton:ExcuditJ.Pote,1773,oneortwo minorspots,asmallpaperflawinadvertisementleafaffecting onecharacter,pp.xi,[i],122,[2],92,12mo,originalsheep, boardsborderedwithadoubleblindfillet,thespinesidewith anadditionalwaveroll,spinedividedbyadoubleblindfillet, rubbed,jointscracked,spineendsalittledefective,oldink trialsandthename‘G.Prowse’tolowerboard,laterownership inscriptionof‘H.Acworth,TheHook,Herts’tofrontpastedown, flyleavesexcised,sound(ESTCN35206–EtonandIllinoisonly; COPACaddsNLW) £400 ArareexampleofJosephPote’sschoolbookeditionofAesopforthestudentsatEton,with theLatintranslationbyA.P.Manutius.TheFableswereoneoftheonlyexamplesofGreek proseinuseattheschool,anddemandwashigh–ESTCrecords9Etonprintingsunder thistitlebetween1749and1796.Beingschoolbooks,however,allarescarce(andalmost certainlysomeprintingsdidnotsurviveatall),andmostarelistedthereinjustoneortwo locations.Inthiscopytheleafofprinter’sadvertisementsisboundbetweentheGreekand Latinsections,insteadofattheendofthebook. 6. (Aesop.) GODOLPHIN (Mary, i.e. Lucy Aikin) Aesop’sFablesinWordsofOne Syllable.Printedinthelearner’sstyleofphonography,orphoneticshorthand.Isaac Pitman&Sons.1893,someminorstaining,afewpurpleinkmarks,pp.48, [Boundafter:] (Pitman.)AManualofPhonographyorwritingbysound...Ninehundredth thousand.Newedition.SirIsaacPitmanandSons,1894,pp.[ii],87,[1],8,[2], [Andbefore:] (Pitman.)KeytoExercisesintheManualofPhonography.IsaacPitmanandSons, 1893,pp.31,[1],12mo,contemporarymarbledboardsbackedinreddiaper-grain roan,atouchwornatheadandtail,verygood £90 ThehistorianLucyAikinadaptedseveraltextsintowordsofonesyllableforlearners, allpublishedunderthepseudonymMaryGodolphin.ThisversionofAesop’sfableswas apopulardemonstrationtextforPitman’sshorthandsystem,andtherewereseveral printingstowardstheendofPitman’slife.However,fewcopiesofeacharerecorded, withCOPACfindingnoneofthisdateandWorldcatlistingonlyonecopy,intheNational LibraryofScotland. Pitmanwasknightedin1894andthiscertainlyprovidedhimwithpublicityforhis shorthandpublications–thefirstworkinthisvolumeappearedthesameyearasthe honourandtheimprinthadalreadybeenchangedtoread‘SirIsaacPitman&Sons’. 7. Apuleius. PsycheetCupidocuraLudoviciC.Purser.Riccardi Press,1913,192/525 COPIES ofaneditionof537copies)printedonRiccardihandmadepaperprintedinblack andblue,pp. [iv](blanks),[viii],43,[5](blanks),roy.8vo,original interimflat-backed quartergreycloth,plainpaleblueboards,faintfrontcoverfoxing,printedlabelson backstripandfrontcover,greensilk-marker,t.e.g.,othersuntrimmed,good £50
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