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ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ: ΔΕΙΠΝΟΣΟΦΙΣΤΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ ATHENAEI: DIPNOSOPHISTISTARUM LIBRI XV. BASILEAE 1535
Second edition of this massive gastronomic classic, following the 1514 Aldine edition. Printed in Basel by Johannes Walder, it is highly regarded for being the first edition to incorporate a more refined textual approach, making it the primary source for European humanists.FOLIO, modern leather over boards,complete,337p.[1], text only in...

ΟΠΠΙΑΝΟΥ: ΚΥΝΗΓΕΤΙΚΟΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΑ ΤΕΣΣΕΡΑ. PARIS 1549, OPPIANI: DE VENATIONI LIBRI IIII. PARIS 1555
Second Eition in Greek, large Quarto,contemporary vellum soiled,text of first work entirely in Greek,text of second work the translation in Latin with extensive commentaries,text clean and bright,last pages of Latin commentaries with some moisture,overall a very good copy.
A fine rare text on Ancient Greek hunting. The 1549 edition of...

ΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΣΙΚΕΛΙΩΤΟΥ: ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΗΣ ΒΙΒΛΟΙ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ, DIODORI SICULI BILIOTHECAE HISTORICAE. [GENEVA] 1559
Editio PRINCEPS of Books 1-5 of Diodorus History,while Books 11-15 had been printed in 1539 and 1549, this edition was the first time the Greek text of Books 1 through 5 was ever printed. ROYAL FOLIO.Almost comtemporary full leather,spine richly gilt, covers lightly trimmed,complete,text only in Greek, text clean...

ΑΙΝΕΙΟΥ: ΤΑΚΤΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΤΙΚΟΝ ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ, together at head: ΠΟΛΥΒΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΛΥΚΟΡΤΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙΤΟΥ: ΙΣΤΟΡΙΩΝ ΤΑ ΣΩΖΟΜΕΝΑ, POLYBII LYCORTAE: HISTORIARUM LIBRI, AENEAE: TACTICI COMMENTARIUM. PARIS 1609
Editio PRINCEPS of Aeneas Tactica,on the defense of fortified positions,an Ancient Greek manual on siege warfare and first critical edition of the famous Polybius History. Royal FOLIO,contemporary full leather with very few wear,text in...

CURTIUS RUFUS: ALEXANDER MAGNUS in illum commentaries Samuelis Pitisci. Hagae 1708
Scarce early 18th century edition, large in 8vo,contemporary full leather slightly trimmed,upper joint slightly damaged at head,text clean and bright,complete,very richly illustrated with four (4) maps and 14 fine copper plates (several folded),overall a very good copy.
Alexander expedition is among the most important human achievements of early...

ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ: ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑΙ Ζ, AESCHYLI: TRAGOEDIAE VII. [GENEVA] 1557
First complete edition of all the surviving tragedies of Aeschylus and Editio PRINCEPS of a substantial part of Agamemnon. Large in Quarto,early 18th century full leather,spine gilt, covers with few wear, title page slightly restored, only Greek text, some light water stain in few pages,overall text clean and bright, a very good copy.
The most important early edition...

ΙΕΡΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥ: ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΕΙΩΝ ΕΠΗ ΤΑ ΧΡΥΣΑ, HIEROCLES PHILOSOPHI: COMMENTARIUS IN AUREA PHYTHAGOREORUM CARMINA. PARIS 1583
Editio PRINCEPS in Greek of this rare ancient Greek philosophical treaty. In 12o,contemporary full vellum soiled, manuscript title on spine, text in the original Greek with parallel translation in Latin,complete, text clean and bright,ancient ownership inscription on title page, overall a...

ΘΕΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ, ΜΟΣΧΟΣ, ΒΙΟΝΙΣ, ΦΩΚΥΛΙΔΙΣ, ΗΣΙΟΔΟΣ, ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ, ΤΥΡΤΑΙΟΣ, ΣΙΜΩΝΙΔΗΣ κα, POETA MINORIS GRAECI. CAMBRIDGE 1677
Scarce 17th century edition of several minor ancient Greek poems.In 8vo contemporary full leather with light marginal wear,spine richly gilt,armorial device on covers, text in the original Greek with parallel Latin translation,text clean and bright,overall a very good copy.
A scholarly anthology of minor Greek...

ΣΚΥΜΝΟΣ Ο ΧΙΟΣ/ΔΙΚΑΙΑΡΧΟΣ/ΣΚΥΛΑΞ/ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΑΣ,SKYMNOS OF CHIOS /Letronne M.:Fragments des poemes Geographiques de Scymnus de Chio,et du faux Dicearque restitues d après un manuscript de la Bibliotheque Royale…,observations critiques sur ces fragments,sur Skylax,Marcien d Heraclee,Isidore de Harax, le stadiasme de Mediterranee …petits Geographes Grecs. Paris 1840.
First critical edition of all the small Greek ancient geographers (...

MEURS JOHANNES :CRETA,CYPRUS,RHODUS SIVE DE NOBILISSIMARUM HARUM INSULARUM REBUS E ANTIQUITATIBUS COMMENTARI POSTUMI,NUNC PRIMUM EDITI.AMSTERDAM 1675
FIRST EDITION, tall Quarto,contemporary vellum over boards,large uncut copy,complete all three parts present,text clean and bright,overall in very good plus condition.
A cornerstone of 17th-century antiquarian scholarship. It is a comprehensive study of the history, culture, and...

ΛΑΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΧΑΛΚΟΚΟΝΔΥΛΗ: [Αποδείξεις Ιστοριών] [Laonic Chalcondile Athenien]: L Histoire de la decadence de l Empire Grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs…, avec la continuation de la meme histoire depuis la ruine du Peloponese jusque a present 1649 et des considerations sur celle. Paris 1650.
Final edition, but the best with all the fine illustrations which were absent in the first editions and the only one with the continuation up...

PIRI REIS :BAHRIJE (Navigation), Das Turkische Segelhandbuch fur das Mittelandische Meer von Jahre 1521, herausgegeben ubersetzt und erklant von Paul Kahle.Berlin Leipzig 1926
First printed edition of the famous Geographical and nautical manual on Mediterranean written by Piri Reis in early 16th century.Complete in three volumes,volume one and first part of volume two cover the ottoman text and the maps, second part of volume two...