1. [Aeschines / Attic orator] / [Demosthenes] / [Taylor, John] / [Markland, Jeremiah] / [Reiske, Johann Jakob (Reiskio)].

Aischinou Ho kata Ktesiphontos kai Demosthenous Ho peri stephanou logos. Cum Delectu Annotationum, Præcipue e Tayloro, Marklando, Reiskio. In Usum Juventutis Academicae.

Two Volumes in one (complete), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1801. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece of Cicero, XLVIII, [2], Portrait of Aeschines, 130 pages / Volume II: XXI, Portrait of Demosthenes, 165 pages plus 24 unnumbered pages of an “Index sive Vocum Difficiliorum”. Hardcover / Original, full leather with original spine-label and gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Front hinge starting. Binding a bit scuffed to upper hinge but beautifully firm and with the endpapers intact. Some very interesting, contemporary annotations in ink. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. A very rare book !!

2. [Aeschines of Sphettus / Aeschines Socraticus] Fischer, Johann Friedrich.

Aeschinis Socratici – Dialogi Tres Graece. Tertium Edidit Ad Fidem Codd. Mss. Vindobb Medic. Aug. Et Libb. Editt. Platonis Stobaeique Veterum Denvo Recensvit Emendavit Explicavit. Indicemque Verborum Graecorum Copiosissimum Adiecit.

Leipzig, Mueller, 1786. Octavo. L, 290 pages plus 136 unnumbered pages of a thorough Index (Index Primus Verborum Graecorum / Index Secundus Scriptorum Veterum). Hardcover / Original full vellum with spine-label. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some foxing throughout. Rare !

3. [Aeschylus] Scholefield, Jacobus.

Aeschylus – recensuit Jacobus Scholefield, A.M. Coll. SS. Trin. Nuper Socius, et Graecarum Literarum Professor Regius.

Editio Secunda. Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Excudit Joannes Smith, 1830. Octavo. II,436 pages. Hardcover / original, 18th century full leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of J. A. Ormerod B.N.C., with his Bookplate to the pastedown with the Motto: “Dedit Meliora Dabitque” [Ormerod died in 1864 and was a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford]

4. [Athenian Agora].

The Athenian Agora – A Short Guide.

Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1983. Octavo. 32 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Excavations of the Agora, Picture Book No.16].

5. Brown, Thomas.

Lectures on The Philosophy of the Human Mind – With a Memoir of the Author, by David Welsh.

Seventeenth Edition. Edinburgh, William Tait, 1848. Octavo (14.5 cm wide x 22 cm high). Portrait-Frontispiece of Thomas Browne, XXXI, 692 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decorative full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The Portrait with the original tissue-guard. Very minor signs of foxing only.

6. Bursian, Conrad.

Geschichte der classischen Philologie in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

Muenchen und Leipzig, R. Oldenbourg, 1883. Octavo. VIII, 1271 Seiten [Erste Hälfte: VIII, 664 Seiten / Zweite Hälfte: Seiten 665 – 1271]. Hardcover / Fantastischer, moderner, weinroter Halblederband mit marmoriertem Buntpapierbezug auf den Einbanddeckeln. Die Kanten im identischen Leder verstärkt. Vergoldeter Rückentitel und neue Vorsatzblätter. Die sonst notorisch schlecht erhaltene Ausgabe (Das Papier der Ausgabe ist oft brüchig) hier in wunderbarer Erhaltung, auch durch die aufwendige Neubindung. Es handelt sich um ein ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit einigen wenigen Stempelchen (verso dem Titel und auf der letzten Seite des Inhaltsverzeichnises). [Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland – Neuere Zeit – 19.Band].

7. Busby, Richard.

Grammatica Busbeiana, Auctior et Emendatior : Id Est Rudimentum Grammaticae Graeco-Latinae Metricum in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis.

London, G.Ginger, 1809. Octavo. 230 pages with Calendarium Romanum / [Bound with: “Graecae Grammaticae Compendium” – London, G.Ginger, 1810. 40 pages]. Hardcover / Fantastic, original full suede-leather binding with ornament on boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

8. Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Portrait Plaque of Caesar – DIVI IULI.

[Italy], c.1920. 43 cm x52 cm. Oval shaped Plaque. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. [Cellarius, Christoph] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis / Patrick, Samuel.

[Geographia Antiqua / Atlas with Maps of Antiquity] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua – Recognita denuo & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historicorum maxime, identidem castigata & Quinta Editione plurimis locis aucta & immutata. Huic demum sextæ Editioni Tot Chartas ex majori auctoris Geographia antiqua quot ad minorem hanc illustrandam requirebantur, Duplicemque Indicem, Quorum Priori vetera locorum nomina novis præponuntur, Posteriori nova veteribus, Addidit, totam recensuit, & Scholarum usui accommodavit, Samuel Patrick.

[Sixth Edition and the first illustrated version]. London, Sumptibus S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J.Osborn & T. Longman, 1731. Octavo. VIII, 180 pages with 26 maps and one scientific illustration of a Globe [sphere]: Globi, Charta Geographicae et Sphaerae a Joannes Senex (Fol.2). Original Hardcover / 18th century full leather with the original spine-label. The Volume in protective Mylar. The binding starting at the spine but still firm and entirely in its original condition. Very good overall condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. With a manuscript – entry to the rear endpaper: “Dan [meaning Daniel Conner] began Astronomy April 19th 1812”.

10. [Daniele, Francesco / Johann Josef von Wilczek / Thomasius, Christian].

Le Forche Caudine – Illustrate con due Appendici. [Compreso “Prospetto Della Valle Caudina Dalla Parte Della Campania”]. Second edition, augmented and, according to Brunet, preferable to the original first edition, which was printed in Caserta in 1778.

Seconda Edizione. Napoli, Appresso Angelo Trani, 1811. Folio (44.5 cm x29 cm). XIII, (3), 102 pages plus (6) pages advertising and Index (Indice). With 22 (twentytwo) illustrations overall. Including a large fold-out-plan (97 x 43 cm) of the Valle Caudine, several Vignettes, Allegorical/Historical Illustrations and four beautiful landscape engravings of the Valle Caudine by Alessandro d’Anna / XIII, (3), 102 pagine più (6) pagine pubblicitarie e Index (Indice). Con 22 (ventidue) illustrazioni in totale. Tra cui una grande illustrazione (97 x 43 cm) della Valle Caudine, diverse vignette, illustrazioni allegoriche / storiche e quattro bellissime incisioni paesaggistiche della Valle Caudine di Alessandro d’Anna. Hardcover / Fantastic modern, Nigerian goatskin with gilt lettering on spine and fine quality late 19th-century cloth over boards. New endpapers and all bound in style by english master-binders. Excellent condition of the binding. The stunning and most wonderful interior with only very occasional signs of an old dampstain to the outer margins and the beautiful, large fold-out-plan with some mild browning to one part of the center-fold. A typographical masterpiece of italian printmaking.

11. Diodorus Siculus.

Bibliothecae Historicae – Libri Qui Supersunt E Recensione Petri Wesselingii Cum Interpretatione Latina Laur. Rhodomani Atque Annotationibus Variorum Integris Indicibusque Locupletissimis. Nova editio, cum commentationibus III Chr. Gottl. Heynii [Christian Gottlob Heyne] et cum argumentis disputationibusque Ier. Nic. Eyringii.

[Editio Bipontina] / Bilingual Edition in Greek and Latin. 11 Volumes [complete set]. Biponti [Zweibrücken], Ex typographia Societatis, 1793. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: CLXXXII, 476 pages / Volume II: 565 pages / Volume III; 645 pages / Volume IV: LXXII, 400 pages / Volume V: 638 pages / Volume VI: 680 pages / Volume VII: 680 pages / Volume VIII: 568 pages / Volume IX: 553 pages / Volume X: 493 pages plus 1 unnumbered page of Corrigenda / Volume XI: 456 pages. Hardcover / Original full vellum with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very few Volumes with the pages a bit dusty and only some Volumes with a minor, faded dampstain to the outer margins. [From the library of Augustus Langdon, Bayswater, with his Exlibris to pastedown].

12. Drever, James.

Greek Education – Its Practice and Principles.

Cambridge, University Press, 1912. Small Octavo. VI, [2], 107 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. [Euclid / Euklid] Simson, Robert.

The Elements of Euclid ; Viz. The First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or Others, have long ago vitiated these Books, are corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are restored. Also “The Book of Euclid’s Data”, in like manner corrected. By Robert Stimson, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. The Sixteenth Edition, carefully revised and improved. To which is added, “A Treatise on the Construction of The Trigonometrical Canon ; And a Concise Account of Lograithms”.

Sixteenth Edition. Three Volumes in One (complete). London, Printed for F.Wingrave and others, 1814. Octavo. VII, [1], 528 pages plus two plates 9as called for): 1. A Fold-Out-Plate of “Plane Trigonometry” bound in at page 484 and 2. A Fold-Ot-Plate “Spherical Trigonometry” bound in at the rear of the Volume. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Poor condition of the binding, boards nearly detached and the overall condition with stronger signs of wear. But this book is mostly interesting for the abundance of doodles by 19th-century Oxford – student Daniel Conner, from Ireland. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

14. Evslin, Bernard.

The Trojan War. Illustrated by William Hunter.

New York and others, Scholastic Book Services, 1971. Octavo. 160 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

15. [Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus / Julian the Apostate] Vidal, Gore.

Julian. A historical novel.

London, The Reprint Society, 1965. 13 x 19 cm. VII, 480 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Besides osme minor signs of foxing to the edge in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

16. [Greek Grammar] / [Trattner]

Institutionum Grammaticarum Linguae Graecae Pars Altera Ad Usum Scholarum Austriacarum. Continens: Supplementa Grammatica, Chrestomathiam Graecam, Lexicon Hermeneutico-Analyticum.

Vienna, Trattnern, 1795. 18cm x 12cm. 546 pages plus Appendix with ″ Lexicon Hermeneutico-Analyticum” [120 unnumbered pages]. Original Hardcover in protective Collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor external signs of wear. [Exemplar von Friedrich Georg Julius Heinrich Freiherr von Lasberg, mit seinem Besitzvermerk auf dem Vorsatzblatt].

17. Green, Roger Lancelyn.

The Luck of Troy – Illustrated by Margery Gill.

First Puffin Book Edition. Harmondsworth, Penguin Books in association with The Bodley Head, 1967. Small Octavo. 170 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

18. Hamilton, Edith.

The Echo of Greece.

First Edition. New York, W.W.Norton & Company, 1957. Octavo. 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket frayed but now in protective Mylar. The Volume itself a little dusty on the cover but firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. An important book ! Exlibris of preowner on endpaper [″The Prentices’ Book”].

19. [Herodotus] Strassler, Robert B.

The Landmark Herodotus – The Histories. Edited by Robert B.Strassler. A New Translation by Andrea L. Purvis. Introduction by Rosalind Thomas.

First Edition. London, QUERCUS, 2008. Quarto ( LXIV, 953 pages. Illustrated and with maps to the rear. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. WIth the original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only very minor signs of wear. Rare in this condition.

20. [Homer] Apollonius of Rhodes / Apollonius Rhodius / August Wellauer.

Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica – Ad Fidem Librorum Manuscriptorum Et Editionum Antiquarum Recensuit, Integram Lectionis Varietatem Et Annotationes Adiecit, Scholia Aucta Et Emendata Indicesque Locupletissiomos Addidit Augustus Wellauer.

Two Volumes (complete set). Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1828. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XIV, 293 pages / Volume II: 318 pages. Hardcover / Very decorative, original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor signs of a faded dampstain to outer margins

21. [Homer] Bothe, Friedrich Heinrich.

[The Odyssey] Homeri Carmina. Recognovit et Explicuit Fridericus Henricus Bothe: “Odysseae” – Volumen Primum. Lib. I – VIII / “Odysseae” Volumen Alterum. Lib. IX – XVI / “Odysseae” Volumen Tertium, Lib. XVII-XXIV. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni. Epigrammata et Fragmenta Carminum Epicorum. / Epigrammata.

Three Volumes plus Epigrammata in One Volume [complete]. Leipzig, Hahn, 1834-1835. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 272 pages / Volume II: 272 pages / Volume III: 358 pages / Epigrammata with continued pagination – pages [359] – page 552. Hardcover / Very decorative, original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. Unusually excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear and the front board only minimally starting.

22. [Homer] Cowper, William.

The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, by the Late William Cowper, Esq. In Four Volumes (Complete set of the Third Edition) / [Plus: Uniformly bound: “The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq. – With Remarks on Epistolary Writers, by William Hayley, Esq. – A new Edition].

Eight Volumes in Total (complete set of Iliad, Odyssey and Life of Cowper). London / Chichester, Printed for J.Johnson, St.Paul’s Churchyard, 1809. Large Octavo (15 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). Pagination of Four Volumes of The Iliad and Odyssey: Volume I: XLII, 506 pages / Volume II: 462 pages / Volume III: 352 pages / Volume Four: 343 pages // Pagination of “The Life of and Letters of William Cowper”: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece, 399 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume II: 441 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume III: 458 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume IV: 460 pages plus 4 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. ALl Volumes firm with some minor cracks to the bottom of the spine of Volume II of the Homer (no effect on the usage of the Volume) / Some splitting to half of the spine of Volume I of Cowper’s Life. Overall a very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All eight Volumes in firm condition. A stunning set ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

23. [Homer] Kirk, G.S.

The Language and Background of Homer – Some Recent Studies and Controversies. Selected and introduced by G.S.Kirk, Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Professor of Classics, Yale University.

Cambridge / New York, Heffer / Barnes & Noble, 1967. Octavo. XVI, 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. [Homer] Korfmann, Prof.Dr. Dr. Manfred / Mannsperger, Prof.Dr. Dietrich P.

Troia / Wilusa – General Background and A Guided Tour. Prepared by the Director of the Excavations. English Translation by Jean D.Carpenter Efe.

Enlarged and revised Edition. Tuebingen, Canakkale-Tuebingen Troia Vakfi [Foundation], 2007. Octavo. 150 pages plus colourful fold-out map to the rear. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Homer] Macurdy, Grace Harriet.

Troy and Paeonia – With Glimpses of Ancient Balkan History and Religion. By Grace Harriet Macurdy, Professor of Greek in Vassar College.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1925. Large Octavo. XI, 259 pages. Original Hardcover / Decorative Publisher’s half-cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Gutter to front free endpaper slightly defect.

26. [Homer] Murray, Gilbert / Alington, The Rev. Cyril / Pearson, A.C. / Fisher, H.A.L. / Rawlinson, A.E.J. / Lightfoot, R.H. / Miss Edith Crowdy.

Proceedings of the Hellenic Travellers’ Club 1929. [With Essays about the Greek World like: “Homer through the Ages” by E.E.Skies / “Ithaca and Santa Maura” by Canon Richards / “The Problem of St.John in Patmos” / “What Christianity owes to Greece” etc.].

Uxbridge / Ealing, Printed by King & Hutchins, 1929. Octavo. Pagination: Frintispiece [″A Greek Dancing Class on the Acropolis”, 202, VII, [1] pages. With many photographs throughout the Volume. Hardcover / Original full cloth with gilt elttering on spine and front board. Binding with some minor damages, spine fragile. The Volume general firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. [Homer] Webster, T.B.L.

From Mycenae to Homer – A study in early Greek literature and art.

London / Totowa [New Jersey], Methuen & Co. / Rowman and Littlefield, 1977. Octavo. XVI, 333 pages plus a section with 38 photographic illustrations of ancient greek archaeological finds (Vases etc.) on 24 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. Hooke, Nathaniel.

The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth [with the printed Dedication to Alexander Pope]. Illustrated with 17 folding Maps, 4 Fontispieces and 11 other Plates [32 copper-engravings in total].

The Fourth Edition. Four Volumes (complete set with all maps and plates). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson; Hawkins and T.Longman, 1766 – 1771. Quarto (27 cm x 22 cm). Collation: Volume I: Frontispiece, XLVI, XLVI, 634 pages with 10 plates and 3 maps / Volume II: Frontispiece, XXXII, XXXII, 668 pages with 8 maps / Volume III: Frontispiece, VI, 694 pages with 5 maps / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VII, 464 pages plus 76 unnumbered pages of a General Index and 1 plate and 1 map. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with gilt lettering and labels on spine. Interior of this set with all maps and illustrations in excellent, very clean condition. The boards of the bindings with abrasions and some bumping but overall very firm. Some stronger peeling of the leather on board of Volume I, Only three pages with minor tears. The large map of Northern Africa (Palestine, Egypt and Libya) with a minor tear. The stunning maps and plates in timeless beauty. Highly underestimated work, in the shadow of Gibbon but with meticulous detail in presenting the geographical impact of the Roman Conquest. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

29. [Lancelot, Claude] Nugent, Thomas.

A New Method of learning with facility the Greek Tongue : Containing Rules for the Declensions, Conjunctions, Resolution of Verbs, Syntax, Quantity, Accents, Dialects, And Poetic Licence. Digested in the clearest and concisest order. With Variety of solid remarks, necessary for the attaining A complete knowledge of this language; And for understanding the Greek writers. Translated from the French of the Messieurs de Port-Royal, And improved by Thomas Nugent, LL.D.

A New Edition, carefully revised and corrected. London, Printed for Wingrave, in the Strand, Successor to Mr. Nourse, 1808. Octavo. XXX, [10], 476 pages. Hardcover / Original, full leather, with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Upper hinge slightly split. Besides a minor discoloration to the front board, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

30. Livy / Titus Livius.

Historiarum quod exstat, cum integris Joannis Freinshemii [Johann Freinsheim] Supplementis. Emendatioribus & suis locis collocatis, Tabulis Geographicis & copioso Indice. Recensuit notulis auxit Joannes Clericus [Jean Le Clerc, also Johannes Clericus].

Amsterdam / Utrecht, Henric Wetstenius / Willem van de Water, 1710. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispice, [30 unnumbered pages], 455 pages / Volume II: Frontispice, 490 pages / Volume III: Frontispice, 470 pages / Volume IV: Frontispice, 446 pages / Volume V: Frontispice, 460 pages (page 161 loosely inserted) / Volume VI: Frontispice, 495 pages / Volume VII: Frontispice, 506 pages / Volume VIII: Frontispice, 496 pages / Volume IX: Frontispice, 504 pages / Volume X [being Geographia Liviani – complete with [all called for] 14 folded maps: Frontispice, several folded maps and Index, 363 pages plus ‘Tabularum Geographicarum’. Hardcover / Original, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and new endpapers and minor repairs to Volume I. One page loosened. Exlibris / Armorial Bookplate of Daniel Conner to pastedown of each Volume. All the allegorical frontispices in excellent condition. The folded maps in breathtaking condition (see images for each map on our website).

31. [Lucian] Lucian of Samosata.

Lucian Works in Eight Volumes. With an English Translation by A.M.Harmon of Yale University (Volume I-V), K.Kilbrun of Battersea Grammar School (Volume VI), M.D.MacLeod, Lecturer in Classics, University of Southampton (Volume VII and VIII).

[Bilingual Edition in Greek and English]. 8 Volumes [complete set]. Cambridge (Mass.) / London, Harvard University Press / William Heinemann, 1969-1979. Small Octavo (11.3 cm wide x 17 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: XIV, 471 pages / Volume II: X, 520 pages / Volume III: VI, 491 pages / Volume IV: VIII, 422 pages / Volume V: IX, 537 pages / Volume VI: X, 496 pages / Volume VII: XI, 467 pages / Volume VIII: X, 534 pages // Hardcover / Original Publisher’s geen cloth with gilt lettering on spine. As usual with this set we have some foxing to edges and the bindings but the overall condition of this set is very clean and firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Text in excellent condition with NO text-markings. [Loeb Classical Library – Edited by G.P.Goold].

32. Neilson, William / [Mac Néill, Uilliam].

Greek Exercises, In Syntax, Ellipsis, Dialects, Prosody, And Metaphrasis. To which is prefixed, A Concise but Comprehensive Syntax. With Observations on some Idioms of the Greek Language. By the Rev. William Nelson, Late Professor of Greek and Hebrew in Belfast College.

A New Edition. London, Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834. Octavo. VIII,236 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt ornament to spine. Working copy of Daniel Conner with his name in ink to endpaper. With a further inscription in ink verso: “JGrant & D Conner, Esq. – Brothers – Two good boys”. Two endpapers missing at front and rear. With annotations to rear pastedown and last page. Last two pages creased. Otherwise in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. [Odysseus / Euripides] Henson, Rev. J.

The Cyclops of Euripides. With Introduction, Notes, Vocabulary and a List of Irregular Verbs used in the Play. With Illustrations.

London / Glasgow, Blackie & Son Limited, no year (c.1925). Small Octavo (11.5 cm wide x 17 cm high). Frontispiece-Illustration of a Satyr, XV, 84 pages with numerous text-illustrations in black-and-white plus two wonderful colour-illustrations: 1.Maenads with Thyrsus, Cymbal, Double-Flute and Torch and 2. Odysseus putting out the Cylops Eye. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Minor signs of text-markings. A wonderful little publication. [Blackies Illustrated Greek Series – With Vocabulary].

34. Papastavrou, Johannes / [Franz Hampl].

Arxaia Istopia (APXAIA IZTOPIA) – Tomos A’ and Tomos B’.

Thessaloniki, 1950-1953. 8°. 271, 544 pages with numerous illustrations. Original softcover / Unopened, uncut pages. Very good condition. UNCUT. Inscribed by Johannes Papastavrou to german historian Franz Hampl / Widmungsexemplar aus der Bibliothek des Althistorikers Franz Hampl: “Meinem lieben und hochverehrten Kollegen und Freund, Franz Hampl ! In Verehrung – J.Papastavrou”.

35. [Plato] Edman, Irwin.

The Works of Plato. Selected and Edited by Irwin Edman.

New York, The Modern Library, 1956. Small Octavo. XLVIII,577 pages. Hardcover without dustjacket. The binding and the bookblock in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A few text-markings within the text (some very few with ballpen and somewith yellow highlighter]. The majority of the text is clean !

36. [Plato] McClain, Ernest.

The Pythagorean Plato – Prelude to the Song itself.

First Paperback Edition. York Beach (Maine), Nicolas-Hays, 1984. Octavo. VII, (3), 192 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Rare !

37. Plutarch [Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus] / Krebs, Johann Tobias (Editor).

Plutarchi Commentarius Quomodo Adolescens Poetas Audire. Debeat Graece et Latine ex Interpretatione Xylandri Secundis Curis Recensitus Emendatus et Multis Animadversionibus Novis Illustratus Opera Io. Tob. Krebsii Illustris Moldani Rectoris.

Lipsiae, Sumtibus Caspari Fritsch, 1779. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 248 pages. Original Hardcover 18th century full leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Bookplate to the front: “Scholae Reformatae Fridericianae – Francof. AD O. Sigilium Curatorum” [Frankfurt / Oder] and Bookplate to the rear for the student: Johann Jacob Braunmüller. The rare Krebs – Edition, in greek and latin. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to lower, outer margins only (Text not effected). Slight browning to preliminary papers and pastedowns only.

38. Plutarch of Cheronaea [Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus] / [North, Thomas / Shakespeare / Johannes Gutenberg].

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarch of Chaeronea. Translated out of Greek into French by James Amiot, Abbot of Bellozane, Bishop of Auxtyre, one of the Kings Privy Cousel, and great Almner of France. With the Lives of Hannibal & Scipio African; Translated out of Latin into French, by Charles de L’Escluse, and out of French into English by Sir Thomas North (Knight). Hereunto are added the Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Mactos; of Dionysius the Elder, Tyrant of Sicilia, of Augustus Caesar, of Plutarch, and of Seneca: With the Lives of Nine other Excellent Chieftains of War; Collected out of Aemylius Proeus, by S.G.S. And Englished by aforesaid Translator. To which is added, The Lives of Twenty Selected Eminent Persons Of Ancient and latter times, Translated out of the Work of that famous Historiographer to the King of France and Poland; Andrew Thevet. To which, for clearer Explanation and Emendation of the former Translation (in several places) are subjoyned Notes and Explications upon Plutarchs Lives; Collected out of Xylander, Cruserus, Henry Stephanus and others, with the Synchronism’s and Cotemporary [sic] Persons, with Them; Shewing the several Ages in which They lived. And now in this Edition are further added, The Lives of Several Eminent Persons, Translated out of the aforesaid Andrew Thevet.

Cambridge, John Hayes for George Sawbridge, 1676. Folio. Engraved Frontispiece, Titlepage in red and black, [VIII] 8, 1030, 2, 20 pages / Prosopographia:[VI], 91,[XXXVI] pages. Original 18th century leather-binding with five raised bands and the original spinelabel. The binding with stronger signs of wear but firm and original. Interior in very good condition with only very mild signs of foxing. Very Rare !

39. Quintilian [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus].

M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri duodecim, Summa diligentia ad fidem vetustissimorum codicum recogniti, ac restituti. Novae huic Editioni adiecit Fabianarum Notarum Spicilegium Subcisivum Daniel Pareus Phil. Fil. Accesserum etiam Quintilianorum Declamationes. Cum Indice accuratissime.

Two Volumes (Parts) in One Volume (complete). London, Typis E.G. Impensis R. Whitakeri [Richard Whitaker], 1641. Octavo. Pagination: Part I: Titlepage, 722 pages plus 58 unnumbered pages of an Index / Part II [Eloquent Declamations]: 569 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original 17th century boards with modern spine bound to style of the 17th century. New endpapers. Very good condition with some signs of external wear.

40. Robinson, C.E.

Everyday Life in Ancient Greece.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. Octavo. 159 pages. Illustrated. Map to the rear. Softcover. Poor condition due to cut-outs to cover, endpaper and title (see image). Otherwise this precious little book is in very firm and very good condition.

41. Schwietering, Julius.

Philologische Schriften. [Includes: ″ The origins of medieval humility formula” and ″ On dictionary-making”]. Hrsg. von Friedrich Ohly und Max Wehrli.

München, Wilhelm Fink, 1969. 8vo. XXV, 561 Seiten. Mit Porträt. Hardcover / Originales Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. KEIN Besitzvermerk.

42. Sloan, Michael.

The Harmonius Organ of Sedulius Scottus. Introduction to His Collectaneum in Apostolum and Translation of Its Prologue and Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians.

Berlin, Boston, De Gruyter, 2012. 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. VIII, 249 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies – Volume 39].

43. [Socrates] Stone, I.F.

The Trial of Socrates [With a chapter: “Socrates and Homer”].

First Edition London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. Octavo. XI,282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name and date of preowner on endpaper. Newspaper-clipping with a Review of this book by Peter Levi, loosely inserted / Newspaper-clipping of an article related to the book by Peter Jenkins also loosely inserted: “Socratic questions for today’s society”.

44. [Telemaque] Fenelon, François de Salginac de la Mothe.

Les Aventures de Telémaque, fils d’Ulysse. Avec un petit Dictionnaire Mythologique & Geographique : Nouvelle Edition. Revue exactement sur toutes les precedentes, corrigee avec soin, et Enrichie de Figures en taille-douce. [With 11 engravings and a larger fold-out-map: “Carte des Voyages de Telemaque”].

A Londres [London], Chez Nourse & Vaillant, 1756. Octavo (10.8 cm wide x 18 cm high). Pagination: Frontispiece, XXXII, 386 pages plus 22 unnumbered pages of a Dictionary for Mythology and Geography to the rear of the volume. With ten engravings plus one folded map throughout the Volume [resulting in 11 engravings including Frontispiece plus Map]. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine-label. Edges of bookblock and binding slightly rubbed. Overall in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Few dogears. Front free endpaper partially torn, name of pre-owner, Reverend Richard Meade, verso the frontispiece. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted.

45. [The Bekker – Translation of Homer’s Ilias and Odyssee] – [Homer] Bekker, Immanuel.

Carmina Homerica – Volumen Prius: Ilias / Volumen Altertum: Odyssea [Odyssey].

Bonn, Apud Adolphum Marcum, 1858. Octavo. VI, 594 pages / 480 pages. Hardcover / Original, 19th century half-vellum with marbled-paper-covered boards. Bookseller-Sticker of William McGee (College Bookseller – 18 Nassau Street – Dublin) to the pastedowns of both Volumes. Both bindings with staining and wear. The Odyssey – Volume with minor split to lower spine. Interior in excellent condition besides an occasional appearance of a fainted dampstain.

46. [Thucydides] Bauer, Carl Ludwig.

Thucydides – De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Cum Versione Latina Et Variis Lectionibus Ex Editione Caroli Ludovici Baueri Accurate Expressi.

Bilingual Edition (Greek-Latin). Three Volumes [complete set]. Oxford, J.Parker, 1811. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I:XXIV, 440 pages / Volume II: 418 pages / Volume III: 266 pages plus 60 unnumbered pages of Index Rerum and Index Verborum. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine and boards. Occasional annotations and textmarkings. Bindings rubbed and a little dusty but very firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.Hinges all attached with only the front boards of Volume I and II slightly starting. Besides a few dogears a nd minor signs of only occasional foxing in very good + condition. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. This is a rare version of this text !

47. [Thucydides] Smith, William.

The History of the Peloponnesian War, Translated from the Greek of Thucydides. To which are Annexed Three Preliminary Discourses: I. On the Life of Thucydides / II. On his Qualifications as an Historian / III. A Survey of the History. By William Smith, Rector of the Parish of the Holy Trinity in Chester and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Derby.

A New Edition. Two Volumes with Two Maps [complete set]. London, Printed for J.Walker, 1812. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of William Smith, Dean of Chester, XXIV, LXXI, Large Fold-Out-Map, 427 pages / Volume II: [2], Large Fold-Out Map, 398 pages. Hardcover / Original half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Bindings rubbed and a little dusty but very firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted to the pastedown.

48. Tyrwhitt, Rev. R.St. John.

Greek and Gothic – Progress and Decay in The Three Arts of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting.

London, Walter Smith, 1881. Octavo. XI, 388 pages. Hardcover / Extremely beautiful and decorative full leather with marbled edges all around and marbled paper covered pastedown and endpaper. Prize-Binding with armorial board of Haberdasher’s Monmouth Grammar School with their Motto “Serve and Obey”. Excellent and firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

49. Ward, J.P.

The Killing of Kin – A study of Greek Tragedy and Social Interactionism.

Saint David’s University College, 1979. 8°. 46 pages. Softcover. Original wrappers. Near fine condition. [Trivium 14]

50. Xenophon / Hutchinson, Thomas.

Xenophontis de Cyri Institutione – Libri Octo.

Edition Decima [Bilingual in Greek and Latin]. London, Impensis W.&W.Ginger, ad insignia Collegii Westmonasteriensis juxta Scholam Regiam, 1797. Octavo. Frontispiece-Map, [2], 548 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.