Lot 22
  • 22

Greek literature and history.

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  • A fine collection of 157 volumes, all in Greek (many also incorporating other languages), many in fine bindings, including:
Apollonius Rhodius. Argonauticorum libri quatuor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1777, 2 volumes, 4to, Greek and Latin text, contemporary calf, spines gilt, spines and joints slightly worn
Pollux, Julius. *****Onomastikon en biblioiV deka***** Onomasticum. Amsterdam, 1706, 2 volumes, folio, text in Greek and Latin, engraved additional title and one plate, contemporary vellum gilt, vol.2 lacking ties
Hesychius of Alexandria. ******Lexikon*****. Lexicon cum notis doctorum virorum integris. Leiden, 1746-1766, 2 volumes, folio, Greek and Latin text, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, spines gilt
Hesiod. ******Ta Euriskomena********... Opera omnia. Parma: Bodoni Press, 1797, 2 volumes, 4to, text in Greek, Italian and Latin, engraved vignette on titles, contemporary half calf, [Brooks 689], bindings slightly rubbed, spines slightly chipped
Anacreon. ****Melh**** Odaria. Parma: Bodoni Press, 1791, 8vo, Greek and Latin text, nineteenth-century green morocco-backed boards, uncut, [Brooks 422], very slightly spotted 
Longus. *****Poimenika ta kata Dafviv kai Clohn*****[Daphnis et Chloe]. Paris, 1802, 4to, Greek text, engraved medallion plate and 9 plates after GĂ©rard and Prudhon, contemporary half russia, spotted, binding slightly worn
Anthologiae Graecae cum versione Latina Hugonis Grotii. Editae ab Hieronymo de Bosch. Utrecht, 1795-1822, 5 volumes, 4to, Greek and Latin text, engraved titles, portrait, nineteenth-century pigskin-backed boards, uncut, spines gilt (slightly faded)
Boissonade, J.F. *****Anekdota***** Anecdota Graeca. Paris, 1829-1833, 5 volumes, 8vo, Greek and Latin text, contemporary half morocco by Simier, spines gilt, many text leaves browned, a few spotted
and 137 others