A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity
James Merigot
Imperial paper edition of Merigot's classic work on Rome, with 62 magnificent, finely hand-colored aquatint engravings—a lovely uncut copy. $8800. | More...
L’Antiquité Expliquée
Bernard de Montfaucon
Second edition, revised and corrected from the 1719 first, with the five-volume 1724 supplement. Magnificent set of Montfaucon’s landmark work on classical archaeology, with nearly 1400 engraved plates (including approximately 250 double-page and folding plates). A splendid copy in beautiful full contemporary calf-gilt. $18,500. | More...
An Auncient Historie and Exquisite
Chronicle of the Romanes Warres
Appian of Alexandria
First edition in English of one of the classic works on ancient Rome, with the rare third state general title page. An excellent copy, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt by Riviere. Scarce and desirable. $18,500. | More...
The Satyr
Titus Petronius Arbiter
First edition in English of The Satyricon, translated by William Burnaby, in contemporary calf. $6800. | More...
His History of Twenty Roman Caesars and Emperors
Herodian of Alexandria
First edition of J. Maxwell's translation of Herodian's History into English, only the second translation of this classic history into English, in contemporary vellum. $3200. | More...
The Golden Booke of Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Later edition of Bourchier's translation of Antonio de Guevara's Libro aureo, his collection of incidents and letters from the life of Marcus Aurelius, one of the most widely read and translated books of the 16th century. $6000. | More...
