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Styan Thirlby’s edition is described by Dibdin as ‘splendid and carefully executed’ Apologiae Duae et Diologus cum Tryphone Judeo. Cum notis & ...

A member of a relatively impecunious Franco-Irish gentry family, Crommelin travelled widely and supported herself by writing travel accounts and 42...

Uncommon fourth printing of Sophocles in Greek, one of the principal editions Sophocles: [Greek title] Sophoclis Tragoediae septem cum Commentarii ...

Herodotus: [Greek title...] Historiarum Libri IX [...] industria Jacobi Gronovii, cuius accedunt notae […] Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], apud Samuel...

Vorst (1623-1676) was a librarian, philologist and scholar Vorst, Johannes: De Latinitate merito suspecta, deque vitiis sermonis Latini, quae vulgo...

Includes Freind’s major work The History of Physic, conceived while he was imprisoned in the Tower under suspicion of treason Freind, John: Opera o...

This work, the first of its kind to deal with the University and the Colleges, courted controversy Wood, Anthony: Athenae Oxonienses. An exact Hist...

Arrian rose to the highest military and civil offices in the Roman Empire, becoming consul in 130 AD. He is most famous for his history of Alexande...

The first part of this work details the construction of semi-permanent bridges at Arnhem, Xanten, Rees and Spyck. The second part covers the equall...

Bryars & Bryars are especially fond of Dr Johnson, having hired his house on Gough Square for our wedding reception Boswell, James: The Life of...

Published by Adrien de Valois and incorporating new material Ammianus Marcellinus: Rerum Gestarum [...] Editio Posterior [...] Parisiis [Paris], Ex...

These are the third printings of the ‘father of history’ and of Thucydides in the original Greek. Herodotus and Thucydides: [Greek title] Libri Nov...

An influential pastoral prose romance Longus: [Greek title: Longou Poimenikon, ton kata Daphnin kai Chloen, biblia tettara] Daphnide et Chloe, Libr...

Genom Europa en mellanfolklig Barn Bok [cover title]. Stockholm: Fahlcrantz & Co. 1886 [i.e. 1895]. A typically bloodthirsty work for children ...

[Titles in Greek and Latin] Pindari Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Adiuncta est interpretatio Latina ad verbum. Cum indicibus necessarijs. [bound...

Bradshaw’s Railway Companion, containing the times of departure, fares &c., of the railways in England, and also hackney coach fares from the p...

[Both title-pages in Greek and Latin] Pausaniæ Accurata Graeciae descriptio, qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur… [bound with] Arist...

[Title in Greek and Latin] Stephani Byzantini Gentilia per epitomen, antehac… De urbibus inscripta [with] Notae et castigationes postumae in Stepha...

Arriani Historici et Philosophi Ponti Euxinii & maris Erythraei Periplus. Lugduni [Lyon] apud Barthlomaeum Vingentium, 1577 A periplus or two T...

A Hand-book for Mapping, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing, in which maps of all descriptions are analyzed, and their several uses fully expla...

Plot, Robert: The natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England. By R.P. LL.D. Oxford: Printed at the Thea...

Thucydides: [Greek title] De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Iidem Latine, ex interpretatione Lavrentii Vallae, ab Henrico Stephano recognita […]...

Quintilian; Marcus Fabius Quintilianus: [Institutio Oratoria] [colophon: impressum Florentaie [Florence] opera & sumptu Philippi Iuntae …] 151...

Johnson, Dr Samuel: The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works [...] a new edition, corrected […] Lond...