ALDINE PRESS -- JUVENALIS (&) PERSIUS. (Satyrae). Venice, Aldus, (Aug. 1501, = c. 1515). 76 lvs. (=78). W. woodcut Aldine anchor device on the ti. Sm-8°. Bound in beautiful 19th c. (2nd half) full red mor. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back, gilt Aldine anchor on both sides, sides ruled in gilt, inside dentelles & a.e.g. (Upper joint slightly chafed, monogram stamp of previous owner on ti., lower margin stained in places).

AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, ll. XVIII. Ope MSS. codice emend. ab F. Lindebrogio & H. and H. Valesiis (…). Omnia nunc rec. ab J. Gronovio. Leyden, P. v.d. Aa, 1693. (48), 514, (14) pp. W. engr. front.-portr., engr. ti-vign., 14 engr. plates & 3 fold. engr. plates (2 by R. de Hooghe). Fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (First fly-leaf lacks, ti. p. rep. on v°., slightly browned/foxed in places).

ANACREON. Anakreontos, kai allon tinon lyrikon poieton mele (graece). Anacreontis et aliorum lyricorum aliquot poëtarum odae. In easdem Henr. Stephani observationes. Eaedem Latinae. Par., G. Morelius & R. Stephanus, 1556. 2 in 1 vol. 122, (2); 54, (2) pp. W. 2 diff. woodcut printer's marks. Old h. vellum over wooden brds. (Spine a bit dam./rep., paper on sides a bit worn, small stamp on 2nd ti., last lvs. first work misbound, slightly yellowed).

CAESAR. Aantekeningen der Gallische, Burgerlyke, Alexandrynsche, Africaansche, en Hispanische Oorlogen. Het Eerste (Twede) Deel. Uyt het Latyn verduischt door Abraham Bogaert. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1709. 2 vols. (16), 341, (27); (4), 381, (31) pp. W. 2 ident. ti-vigns. & 12 (some fold.) engr. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum.

CENSORINUS. De die natali liber. H. Lindenbrogius rec. Leyden, Ex Off. J. Maire, 1642. (16), 250, (38) pp. W. fold. plate. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides.(Bind. a bit warped, some unobtrusive worming on inner hinges, but a very good copy).

CICERO. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII. Ciceronis De inuentione lib. II. Topica ad Trebatium, Oratoriae partitiones. - De oratore lib. III. Orator, De claris oratoribus. - Corr. P. Manutius. Venice, P. Manutius, 1554. 2 in 1 vol. 184; 240 lvs. Sm-8°. Mod. antique style cf. w. gilt lettering & dec. (Names of previous owners on ti-p. in an old hand, a few marg. annot., margins a bit stained in places).

DE BALNEIS, omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas, tam medicos quam quoscunque ceterarum artium probatos scriptores. Venice, Heirs of L. Giunta, 1553. 14, 497 lvs. W. woodcut ti-vign. & 5 full-p. woodcuts. Fol. 18th c. vellum w. overl. sides. (Lacks blank qqq10, small stamp & scratched out name on ti-p., outer blank margin stained/rep. at the end).

FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Antiquitatum Iudaicarum ll. XX, ad vetera exempl. diligenter recogniti. De bello Iudaico ll. VII. Contra Apionem ll. II. De imperio rationis liber I (…) a D. Erasmo recognitus. Par., J. Macé (J. Petit), 1535. (32), 743 pp. W. title printed within woodcut border (of Jean Petit). Fol. Cont. blind tooled cf. w. raised bands. (Bind. skilfully rep., ti-p. partly (clumsily) cold by hand, upper blank margin of ti-p. cut off, a few tiny wormholes in lower blank margin at the end, tear in leaf Gg1, margins a bit stained in places).

FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Boecken; te weten twintigh van de Oude Geschiedenissen der Joden. Nu op nieuws uyt de Grieksche en Latijnsche sprake vert. d. L. v. Bos. Daer by gevoeght: Egesippus. Boecken Van de Joodsche Oorlogen, en de Verstoringe der Stadt Jerusalem. Mede op het nieuws uyt het Hoogduyts d. S. de Vries. Dordr., J. Savry, 1665 (=1663). 3 parts in 1 vol. (6), 402, (12); (2), 86, (2) lvs. W. engr. ti. & 259 text-engr. by P. Schut. Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & red label. (Bind. rubbed, spine and corners dam., small piece of calf of front side gone, a few clean tears, some marg. stains, slightly browned).

LIPSIUS, J. Admiranda, sive, de magnitudine Romana ll. IV. Ed. 3a. - De militia Romana ll. V, comment. ad Polybium. Ed. 3a. - Analecta sive observationes reliquæ ad militiam et hosce libros. - Poliorceticon sive de machinis tormentis. telis. Ll. V. Ed. 3 a. - De amphitheatro liber. (in 2 parts, but w. continuing pagination). - Saturnalium sermonum ll. II, qui de gladiatoribus. Ed. 2a, & castig. - Antwerp, Office of Plantin, by J. Moretus, 1602-05. 6 parts in 1 vol. W. engr. printer's devices. 223, (9); 366; xxix, (5); 219, (7); 136, (3) pp. W. tog. 3 fold. engr., 4 double-p. engr. and 62 engr. in text (some w. multiple images). Lge-4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Some faint staining in places espec. at end, paper a bit unevenly age-toned throughout, but a very good copy).

LYCOPHRON. Alexandra. Poëma obscurum. J. Meursius rec., & libro commentario illustr. Ed. 2a & innovata. Accessit J. Scaliger versio centum locis emend. Leyden, Ex Off. L. Elzevirii, 1599. (16), 350, (18) pp. Sm-8°. 19th c. h. vellum extra w. red label & red edges. (Small rep. to ti-p., outer margin faintly stained at the beginning).

OVIDIUS. Alle de werken. Vert. d. A. Valentyn. Amst., P. Mortier, 1697. 3 in 4 vols. All 3 volumes w. a similar engr. ti., similar circular ti.-portrs., 15 full-page engr. by C. Decker & 122 (of 124) extra engr. plates. 12°. Fine cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs, red & green labels, uncut. (Name entry on ti-pp., upper joint vol. 1 partly split, binder's index (1 leaf) at the end of vol. 3 lacks).

OVIDIUS. Metamorphosis, dat is verandering, of herschepping. Op nieuws vertaelt. Met Paris oordeel. Noch Menelaus brief aen Helena. Door P.C. Hooft gerijmt. Amst., A. de Wees, 1662. 484, (20), 79, (17) pp. W. engr. front. & 16 engr. plates. 12°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back and sides ruled in gilt. (Corners a bit worn, margins faintly stained in places).

PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Naturalis hystoriae libri xxxvii. Par., N. de Pratis for Fr. Regnault, (1514). (20), 257 lvs. W. ti. printed within woodcut border incorporating fine woodcut printer's device with elephant. Fol. Cont. blind tooled h. pigskin over wooden brds. w. raised bands and clasps. (Some small rep. to spine, sev. tiny wormholes, margins stained in places, some minor foxing, with several marg. annot in an old hand and a drawing of classical compass winds on blank v° of leaf cc1).

PLUTARCHUS. T' Leven der doorluchtige Griecken ende Romeynen. Wt de Griecsche sprake overgeset door J. Amyot. (…) Voorder het leven van Epaminondas, (…) versamelt ende uytg. by S(imon) G(oulart) S(enlisien). Tesamen van nieus tot gemeen nut verduyscht, door A. V[an] Z[uylen] V[an] N[eyevelt]. Delft, A.G. v. Beyeren, (a.o.), 1644. (5), 548, (4) lvs. W. engr. front. & 2 woodcut printer's marks on ti. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum, spine raised in compartments. (Spine skilfully rep., in clean interior condition).

SCALIGER, J.C. In libros duos, qui inscribuntur de plantis, Aristotele authore, libri duo. Denuo nitori suo restituti, & in lucem editi. Marburg, P. Egenolphus, 1598. (12), 498, (1) pp. Sm-8°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Stamp cut out of ti-p. and rep. by piece of blank paper w. some tiny loss of woodcut ti-vign., slightly foxed in places).

TERTULLIANUS. Opera (…) emend. Nic. Rigalltii cum eiusdem annotat. integris & variorum comment., (…). Paris, P. Le Petit, E. Couterot & C. Angot, 1675. (64), 735 pp. Fol. Cont. cf. (Spine renewed and w. new label (author's name misspelled!), a bit stained in places, wormhole in upper margin, but a very reasonable copy).

VERRIUS FLACCUS, M. Quae extant. Sex. Pompei Festi De verborum significatione libri XX. et in eos Jos. Scaligeri Iul. Caesaris filii Castigationes nunc primum publ. (Geneva), P. Santandreanus, 1575 (Pt. 3 1574). 3 parts in 1 vol. (24), cccv, (31); cc, (24); 76, (4) pp. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, new endpapers, old name entry cut out on ti-p., a few annot. in an old hand, some faint marg. dampstains).