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Clitophontis&LeucippesAmoribusLibriVIIIexeditioneCl. Salmasii.Leiden:ApudFranciscumHegerum.1640,engravedtitle-page,the occasionalfaintspot,errataleafandfinalblankdiscarded,shortclosedteartofinal indexleaf,pp.[xxiv],752,[28],12mo.,contemp.vellum,backstripletteredinink, yappededges,asmallholewornatfootofbackstrip(fromlabelremoval?),good (Willems1611) £250.00 TheSalmasius(ClaudeSaumaise)edition,withsubstantialcommentary,ofthisGreek romance.‘TheeditionofSalmasius(Leyden,1640)wasbothcriticallyandexegeticallyof greatimportance’(Gaselee). 2. Alciphron. Alciphron’sEpistles;inwhicharedescribedthedomesticmanners, theCourtesans,andParasitesofGreece.NowfirsttranslatedfromtheGreek[by WilliamBeloeandThomasMonroe].G.G.J.andJ.Robinson;LeighandSotheby; andR.Faulder.1791,FIRSTENGLISHTRANSLATION,half-titlewitherrata,firstfew leavesbrowned,sometoningandspottingelsewhere,pp.[iv],270,8vo.,modern quartercalfwithmarbledboards,smoothbackstripwithamauvelabelbetweengilt fillets,atouchscuffed,good(ESTCT86057) £125.00 ThefirstEnglishtranslationofthelettersof‘Alciphron’,whichhavenodefinitedateand theirauthornodefinitebiography,butwerelikelywritteninthesecondcenturyAD;they arewhollyfictionalandmostlyderivefromtheNewComedyofauthorslikeMenander. SinceonlyoneofMenander’splayssurvivesinfull(anduntilthebeginningofthe twentiethcenturyonlyafewfragmentswereknownatall)theseepistlesareavaluable sourceofinformationandcomparison. 3. Anacreon. Teijodae.AbHenricoStephanoluce& Latinatenuncprimumdonate.Paris:ApudHenricum Stephanum.1554,EDITIOPRINCEPS,brownedin places,HenriEstienne’snamecensoredontitlewith earlyink,pp.[viii],110,[2],8vo.,modernquarter vellumwithpasteboardboards,backstripplain,small booklabelofElizabethArmstrong,good(Adams A1001;Renouard115.1;Schweiger139;DibdinI258; MossI41) £1,950.00 ThefirstprintededitionoftheAnacreontea,acollection ofodesnowknowntobeinthestyleof,ratherthanby, Anacreon,whosetruepoemssurviveonlyasfragments. ThiswasthefirstbookpublishedbyHenriEstienne (theyounger)underhisownname,andit‘virtually causedapoeticrevolution,notonlyinFrance,butalso inItalyandGermany’(Schreiber),inspiringRonsard andinnumerableotherpoetstoimitateandadopt Anacreonticmetresandthemes.Oneexampleoftheir influenceistheUnitedStatesnationalanthem,‘TheStarSpangledBanner’,whichwas settothetuneofthethemesongoftheAnacreonticSociety,aclubofamateurmusicians inspiredbytheAnacreontea. 1 blackwell rare books Thepoemsinthecollection,thoughnotactuallybyAnacreon,datefromthelateantique andByzantineperiods,whichcomplicatedtheargumentovertheirauthenticity:early argumentsweremadethatthepoemsweremodernimitations,andthesewerecorrectly ignored.Onlyinthenineteenthcenturyweretheyaccuratelydatedandreascribedto anonymousimitators. Thiseditioniselegantlyprinted,probablybyMorel,sinceHenriwasatthistimeonly26 anddidnothaveapress,usingallthreesizesoftheGrecsduRoi.‘Abeautifulandrare edition....Iwillnotpretendtogiveitspresentprice’(Dibdin). ElizabethArmstrong,thescholarofsixteenth-centuryFrenchprintingandformerowner ofthiscopy,publishedabiographyoftheelderRobertEstienne,fatherofHenriand Robert,in1954,whichsawasecondeditionin1986. 4. Anacreon. LyricorumaliquotpoetarumOdae.In easdemHenr.StephaniObservationes.EaedemLatinae. Paris:ApudGuilMorelium...&Rob.Stephanum.1556, SECONDEDITION,somelightspotting,pp.120,[2],54,[2], 8vo.,eighteenth-centurywoodenboardscoveredwith marbledpaper,backedinvellum,oldpaperlabeltotop ofbackstripandanoldrepairlowerdown,boardcorners worn,endpaperstoned,hingescrackingbutstrong,small booklabelofElizabethArmstrongtofrontpastedown, good(Renouard161.1;AdamsA1003;SchweigerI23; DibdinI259;MossI42) £950.00 ThesecondGreekeditionofthepoemsattributedto Anacreon,followingthe1554editioprinceps(q.v.supra), whichwasthefirstbookpublishedbyHenriEstienne;this editionisthefirstbookpublishedbyhisyoungerbrotherRobert.ToproduceitRobert partneredwithGuillaumeMorel,theRoyalPrinterofGreekafterTurnébe.Henri’sLatin translationandhisnotesarereprintedhere,whilethesecondpart,withitsowntitlepage, givesanotherLatinversionbyHeliasAndré(whichhadbeenpublishedonitsownin 1555).FromthelibraryofElizabethArmstrong,biographeroftheelderRobertEstienne (aboutwhomvidesupra). 5. Anacreon. Odaeetfragmenta,GraeceetLatine,cumnotisJoannisCorneliidePauw. Utrecht:ApudGuilielmumKroon.1732,lighttoningandafewspots,pp.[xxxvi], 315,[1].4to.,contemp.Dutchcalf,boardspanelledinblindwithacentralblind lozenge,backstripwithfiveraisedbands,secondcompartmentdyeddarkandgilt lettered,therestplain,frontjointrubbed,cornersslightlyworn,pastedownslifted andboardsbowedslightly,shelfmarkinkedtofrontboard,good (DibdinI263;Moss I46;SchweigerI24) £250.00 TherevileddePauweditionwhich,accordingtoMoss,DeBuredismissedasan‘edition heldinlittleestimationbythelearned,andlittlesoughtafterincommerce.’However, itwasanimportantbook:dePauwwasoneoftheonlyearlyeditorstoquestionthe 2 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS II poems’authenticityastheworkofAnacreon,afterRobertellusinthesixteenthcentury andLeFèvre(q.v.item7below)intheseventeenth.Hestrikinglydeniesnotonlytheir antiquityandunityofauthorship,butalsotheirliteraryquality,andhisopinionhadsome influence:asrecentlyas2006RosenmeyercouldassertthatbecauseoftheAnacreontic questionthepoems‘continuetobeunfairlymalignedastrivial’(ThePoeticsofImitation, p.8). 6. Anacreon. [Greek:]TEIOUMELE.Praefixo commentarioquopoëtaegenustradituret bibliothecaAnacreonteiaadumbratur.Parma: InAedibusPalatinis[typisBodonianis]1791, ONEOF150COPIES,printedentirelyincapital letters,atouchoffaintdustsoilinginplaces,pp. [iv],CXVIII,[2],111,[1],sm.4to.(105x144mm), contemp.mottledcalf,boardswithaframeof giltarrowrolls,thecentreemptybuteachside containingagiltswashtool,backstripdivided bythreetypesofgiltrolls,secondcompartment withadarkgreenlabel,thirdwithagilturn tool,theothertwowithcentralsunbursttools, marbledendpapers,jointsjustcrackingatends (butsound),backstripslightlychipped,bookplate ofThomasMoore,good(Brooks422;MossI49; DibdinI265;SchweigerI25) £1,200.00 Bodonioftenproducedmorethanoneeditionofanauthoratonce,experimentingwith differentformatsandtypes.In1791heprintedtwoeditionsofthepoemsattributedto Anacreon,aregularduodecimoandthissmallquarto(sometimes,e.g.byBrooks,called anoctavo),printedveryelegantlyentirelyincapitalletters.NeitherDibdinnorMoss makesthedistinctionbetweenthetwo1791editions,listingonlya16mo.ora12mo.in thatyear,butbothpraisetheeleganceofthe1791printingincapitals,whichcanonly bethisversion:‘Thislatter,aswellasthesecondedition,isprintedincapitals,than whichtwoeditions,morebeautifulorsplendidproductionscanscarcelybeconceived’ (Moss).‘Theeditionof1785and1791areprintedincapitalletters,andmoreelegantand exquisitlyfinishedproductionscannotbeconceived’(Dibdin). ThebookplateinthiscopyisthatofThomasMoore(1779-1852),thepre-eminentIrish poetandsongwriter,andliteraryexecutorofLordByron,amongwhosefirstpublications wasatranslationoftheAnacreontea.Moore’swidowdonatedmostofhisbookstothe libraryoftheRoyalIrishAcademy,andthatcollectiondoeshaveacopyofthisbookfrom Moore’slibrary(inadifferentbinding);thiscopywaspresumablyaduplicateomitted fromthebequestforthatreason. 7. Anacreon & Sappho. Carmina.Notas&animadversionesaddiditTanaquillus Faber;inquibusmultaveterumemendantur.Saumur:ApudRenatumPean.1680, marginsoffirstfewleavesjustshaved(nolossoflegibility),afewsmallinknotes,pp. [xii],214,[2],12mo., 3 blackwell rare books [boundwith:] Régnier (Mathurin)LesSatyresetautresouevresduSieurRegnier.Derniereedition. Paris:[n.pr.]1642,FIRSTELZEVIREDITION,oneleafwithasmallburnholeaffecting twocharacters,alittledampmarkingtosomeoutermargins,pp.[8],166,[4], earlysprinkledcalf,backstripwithfourraisedbands,darkenedlabelinsecond compartment,therestinfilledwithagiltlozengeandgiltcornerpieces,rubbedand