1798, ISBN: ba447169bb98c5f7b73868d25ca6d1b6

Hardcover

Paris, Didot Jeune, Chez J.B. Gail, An III (1794/95). 12mo. 6 parts in 10 volumes: (ad 1:) 106,(2) p., 2 engraved plates, including a portrait of Gail. (ad 2:) (IV),XX,74,(4) p., 4 plate… More...

Paris, Didot Jeune, Chez J.B. Gail, An III (1794/95). 12mo. 6 parts in 10 volumes: (ad 1:) 106,(2) p., 2 engraved plates, including a portrait of Gail. (ad 2:) (IV),XX,74,(4) p., 4 plates. (ad 3:) 2,107 p. (ad 4:) 2 volumes: IV,261,(3 blank); (IV),132 p.; (ad 5:) (II),104;142,(1),(1 blank) p. (ad 6:) (IV),VIII,105,(1 blank); (IV),111,(1 blank); (IV),178 p., 5 plates. Mottled calf 13 cm (Ref: Ad 1: Hoffmann 1,426; Ebert 2429; Graesse 1,428; Brunet 1,950. Ad 2: Hoffmann 1,141; cf Ebert 568; Brunet 1,255. Ad 3: Hoffmann 3,604; Ebert 24146. Ad 4: Oldfather 278; Hoffmann 2,16; Brunet 2,1015; Ebert 6785; Graesse 2,484. Ad 5: Hoffmann 1,430; Graesse 2,18; Ebert 3356. Ad 6: cf. Hoffmann 2,561; Brunet 3,1213; cf. Graesse 4,264; Ebert 12407) (Details: Backs gilt, and with a red or brown morocco shield on the second 'compartment'. On a shield in the middle 'compartment' the gilt numbers: 1 to 10. Boards with triple fillet gilt borders. Edges of the boards and the book-block gilt. Inside dentelles gilt. Endpapers blue marbled. The portrait and plates are engraved by Barbier, Chaudet et alii. Only the 4 volumes dedicated to Epictetus and Callimachus offer a Greek text with a facing French translation, the other volumes have a French translation only. § We found in the catalogue of the library of the important Dutch statesman Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, 1761-1825, which is preserved in the mansion Nijenhuis at Diepenheim, an identical set, same title, same publisher, same duodecimo (12mo) format, published in 1794/95, with the same numbering on the back, and, as far as we can judge from the description in the catalogue, the same binding. We suppose that the publishers Didot and Gail or another bookseller composed several portable sets in a nice binding for educated and well to do gentlemen and women, who probably were not able to read the original texts) (Condition: Bindings slightly worn & scratched. Head of the spines of volume 1 & 2 slightly chafed. Some corners somewhat bumped. Excellent paper. Some faint foxing. A charming set) (Note: At the end of volume 7, the second volume of the Callimachus, there is an advertisement for a collection of 10 titles to be sold as a unit at the price of 300 livres. The publisher and editor of the 10 volumes is Monsieur J.B. Gail. The collection consists of works Gail translated himself, i.e. Bion & Moschus, Lucianus, Xenophon, Anacreon (6 volumes); the other 4 volumes were translated by others, he tells in the advertisement, the two volume sets of Callimachus and of Epictetus. The translator of Callimachus is J.F.G. de la Porte Du Theil, the translator of Epictetus is Lefebvre de Villebrune. (See for the assignment of this Epictetus to the collection of Greek authors of Gail: F. Schoell, 'Répertoire de littérature ancienne, ou choix d'auteurs classiques grecs et latins', Paris 1808, Tome I, p. 51) § Jean Baptiste Gail, 1755-1829, was a celebrated French Hellenist. 'In 1791 he was appointed deputy, and in 1792 titular professor at the 'Collège de France'. During the Revolution he quietly performed his professional duties, taking no part in politics, although he possessed the faculty of ingratiating himself with those in authority. In 1815 he was appointed by the King Keeper of Greek MSS. (...) Without being a great Greek scholar, Gail was a man of unwearied industry, whose whole life was devoted to his favourite studies, and he deserves every credit for having rescued Greek from the neglect into which it had fallen during the troublous times in which he lived'. (Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911, vol. 11, p. 387) His most valuable work were his French translations and his editions of Greek authors. He published also editions of Thucydides and Herodotus) § Epictetus' Enchiridium and the 'Tabula Cebetis' in this series were produced by the French sholar and translator Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villebrune, 1732-1809. He was professor of Hebrew at the 'Collège de France' from 1791 to 1794, and librarian of the 'Bibliothèque de la Nation' in 1794/95. He was a polyglot who translated from Latin, Spanish, Italian, English, German, Swedish, and Greek. His best known translation is that of the Greek compiler Athenaeus, 'Banquet des Savans', 1789-1791, 5 volumes. (See his French lemma in Wikipedia) In 1782 Lefebvre de Villebrune had already published a Greek text of the Enchiridium, and a year later a Greek text accompanied by a French translation, and some critical notes. His edition was completely eclipsed by the Epictetus edition of the German scholar Schweighaeuser, which was published a few year later in 1798 and which was the starting point of a new era of Epictetus scholarship. In the eyes of Schweighaeuser Lefebvre de Villebrune was an incompentent and sloppy scholar. The first volume of this Epictetus set of two contains the Greek text of the Enchiridium, with an opposing French translation, an introduction of 100 p. and 70 p. notes. The second volume contains a Greek text of the 'Tabula Cebetis', also with an opposing French translation, an introduction of 19 p., and notes on 30 pages) (Photographs on request), 0, England , c. 1835-36. Very good condition, disbound, with occasional faint brownings. . Binding: Full contemporary paper wrapper, disbound. , Notes: Henry W. Burgess (1792-1844) was a landscape painter to William IV and part of a family of several generations of distinguished artists. Henrys father William Burgess (1749-1812) was a portrait painter; his grandfather Thomas Burgess (fl. 1786) numbered Thomas Gainsborough amongst his pupils. He was the brother of John Cart Burgess (1798-1863), a flower and landscape painter, and Thomas Burgess (1784-1807), a landscape painter. , Size: Oblong 4to (261x388). , Illustration: Illustrated with 17 drawings of scenes of English pastoral scenes. , Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Europe United Kingdom, 3, London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1798. Hardcover. Very Good+. Three volumes. First octavo edition. First edition was 1791; Dublin octavo followed in 1792, so this is in essence the third edition overall. Contemporary brown calf, professionally rebacked. Ex libris Anne Davies with her old book label. Smaller modern bookseller label of Henry Southern., Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1798, 3, London: Printed for T Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand; and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806. Book. See Description. Original Publishers Boards. Second Edition, Enlarged. 11 5/8" x 8 7/8". [iii]. xxxv, [596], [593] - 632; addenda and corrigenda sheet and advertisement sheet bound in before index; engraved frontispiece by J Neagle after L Mayer; 3 folding maps, each with short tear at first fold, plan of the Residency of the Sultan of Fur, all bound in before main text. Tear in margins of page 209/210, not affecting text, pages 301-304 have been sharply folded, resulting in a partial tear along each fold; tear on lower edge of page 457/458. Pages uncut, some also unopened along upper edge. Pencil note on title page claims that author was 'ancestor of Tallentire Brownes'; on front endpaper is an early ink note 'For the particulars of this remarkable man see my Family Record Book'; signed H.M.Shore(?). Endpapers and early leaves darkened, boards well rubbed; green cloth spine fraying at upper and lower edges; remains of original label with almost similarly aged typed slip giving author's name. Generally a good period copy.., Printed for T Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand; and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806, 0<

1799, ISBN: ba447169bb98c5f7b73868d25ca6d1b6

Hardcover

Near Fine, [PU: London, T. Cadell jr. & al.], LIVRE DU XVIII°, In-4, suédine brune, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre de maroquin grenat, frontispice gravé par Neagle, titre, XXXIII- 496 pp. De… More...

Near Fine, [PU: London, T. Cadell jr. & al.], LIVRE DU XVIII°, In-4, suédine brune, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre de maroquin grenat, frontispice gravé par Neagle, titre, XXXIII- 496 pp. Deux carte repliées dressées par Greenwich et un plan hors-texte gravé par Lowry. Frontispice entaché d’hum. angulaire, rares brunissures. Reliure un peu fanée, charnières frottées, dos passé. Bon exemplaire. Edition originale de cette importante relation. L’auteur est le premier européen à décrire le Darfour où il arrive avec une caravane soudanaise en 1793. Il y sera retenu 3 ans, rejoindra l’Egypte en 1796, puis la Syrie et Constantinople. in-4°<

2010, ISBN: ba447169bb98c5f7b73868d25ca6d1b6

[PU: Fines Mundi GmbH Saarbrücken], XXXVI, 634 pages, 25 p. publishing news With 5 plates, 3 folded 25,7 x 17,8 cm, Halbleinen tadellos neuwertig / Modernes Schriftbild, DE, [SC: 5.50], g… More...

[PU: Fines Mundi GmbH Saarbrücken], XXXVI, 634 pages, 25 p. publishing news With 5 plates, 3 folded 25,7 x 17,8 cm, Halbleinen tadellos neuwertig / Modernes Schriftbild, DE, [SC: 5.50], gebraucht; wie neu, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 1550g], Faksimile-Reprint der Ausgabe London, T. Cadell and W. Davies 1806, Banküberweisung, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand, [CT: Romane/Erzählungen / Reiseerzählungen, Länder und Reisen / Reiseerzählungen]<