Willem canter (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buckram. Zustand: Very Good. Second edition. Folio (32 cm); [16], 183, [1], [28], [6], 174, [18] pages, and full-page engraved frontispiece by Michael Burghers of a laurel-crowned Cassandra, standing before the walls of Troy in flames. Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Collation includes title page in Greek (with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre) and a second title page in Latin (with vignette of Oxford University's crest). Advertisement leaf at end. Bound in modern library buckram. Pages somewhat toned at edges, but text block is sturdy and without significant blemish. References: ESTC T107442; The Greek poets of the Hellenistic period (following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and lasting three hundred years until the establishment of the Roman Empire) have a reputation for indulging in an ornate and sometimes opaque style that we would later associate with Mannerist poets like Gongora or Marino. Lycophron's Alexandra (or Cassandra) may be the epitome of that style. Even Alexandrian scholars of the time referred to it as "the obscure poem." Wikipedia quotes a modern critic who says the Alexandra "may be the most illegible piece of classical literature, one which nobody can read without a proper commentary and which even then makes very difficult reading." That must be why in the opening line the poet says, "I will spell out everything clearly, whatever you ask, from the very beginning." The Wiki article continues, "The poem is evidently intended to display the writer's knowledge of obscure names and uncommon myths; it is full of unusual words of doubtful meaning gathered from the older poets, and long-winded compounds coined by the author. . It was very popular, and was read and commented on very frequently. Two explanatory paraphrases of the poem survive, and the collection of scholia by Isaac and John Tzetzes is very valuable." The Oxford edition by John Potter (later Archbishop of Canterbury) offered here includes the Tzetzes scholia, as well as an exuberant Latin version of the poem by Joseph Scaliger (first published in 1566, when Scaliger was 25 years old) and notes by Scaliger's friend Willem Canter. Potter first published the text in 1697, but only this second edition bears his dedicatory epistle to the German classical scholar (who taught at Utrecht) Johann Georg Graevius.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart copy of the scarce and important 1602 Geneva edition of the tragedies of Euripides. A standard reference work for classical scholars of the seventeenth century. In the original Greek and Latin. With the prefatory matter, index and critical notes in Latin, and the text of Euripides in Greek with accompanying Latin translation.The scarce first Geneva edition of this work. Bound in two volumes, as is common for this work, with the title page to the start of volume I, and retaining the original half titles.Credited to the title page to translator Willem Canter, a classical scholar from Utrecht, however this has since been challenged by Brunet, who claims it is the work of Aemilius Portus.Present here are the tragic dramas of Euripides - including Hecuba, Orestes, Medea, Hippolytus, Andromache, Bacchae, Cyclops, and Electra - accompanied by a set of notes each from the scholars John Brodeau and Caspar Stiblin.Collated, complete. With the register: iv- ii, A-5A4, 5Bii, A-N4, O2 [1]; a-5n4, 5o2 [1], O3-2D4, a-r4, *-****4, )( - )()(4, )()()(iiLeaves misbound, with first half of Stiblin's notes (A-N4, O2) found in the final 108 pages of volume I, and the latter half of his notes bound partway through volume II (O3-2D4). These notes should all be found in the second volume.With former owner's inscriptions appearing to the recto of a front endpaper of volume I.This is an important and widely celebrated edition of Euripides's tragedies, becoming the standard reference edition for many seventeenth century scholars. Seventeenth century French dramatist Jean Racine specifically referred to this edition. Rebound in quarter calf, with paper covered boards. Retaining the original endpapers. Light rubbing to joints and back strip heads and tails. Marks to centre of back strips. Front joint of volume I starting, with boards holding firm. Former owner's inscription to recto of a front endpaper of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, most prominent to page perimeters. Former owner's inscription to title page of volume I. Instances of worming to margins of pages of volume I, most concentrated between leaves Gi and Ti. Small instance of worming from head of title page of volume I to leaf Cii. Further worming throughout, with the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title on spine. Contents slightly soiled, a few old neat annotations in ink (17th. c.?), else a very good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.

17th.-c. full overlapping vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Vellum slightly soiled, few neat old annotations in margins, some minor marginal stains, pp. 221-222 with minor paper flaw (without loss of text), else a very good copy. Please see description or ask for photos.