zacharias pearce (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1812; Greek and Latin text; brown leather covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed; spine edges chipped; covers scuffed; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on half and title pages; interior foxed; Interior is clean and unmarked; bottom corner of rear end paper missing; 281 pages.

Zustand: Good. 2nd edition. Disbound, G. xvi+308+[50]+2pp, both covers & all before the title missing, text block tightly bound althouh the title & last blank leaf loose, title yellowed with age, internally a nice copy. The last printed pages [ Aa4 ] are the catalogue of the publisher, Benjamin Dod. De Officiis [ On Duties ] of Cicero as translated & edited by Pearce. Cicero's work of 44 BC is divided into three books & is one of his most influential works. Giving his views on the correct moral & ethical way to conduct one's life, it is written in an anecdotal style & gives an insight into Roman political values & conflicts of the time. Zachary Pearce, Bishop of Rochester [ 1690 -1774 ], and noted academic, published a scholarly edition of Cicero's De Oratore in 1716 which established his academic reputation. 400 grams.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xvi, 384, [60]. Full mottled calf; spine with five raised bands, gilt ruling, and gilt-stamped decoration; morocco title label lettered in gilt. Title page lettered in red and black. Joints cracked but holding very well; minor areas of loss to spine ends. Short oldinscriptions on ffep; creases to ffep and following blank; endpapers and pastedowns browned at margins. Internally very clean and tight. About VG. Scarce.

Leather. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). An eighteenth century edition of this important Classical Roman-Greek work on aesthetics and the sublime, illustrated with a frontispiece. The fourth edition edited by Zachary Pearce.In Greek and Latin, with Greek to the verso of the leaves, and Latin to the recto.Illustrated with a frontispiece.ESTC citation number T87479.Lacking the front endpaper, otherwise, work is complete.The anonymously written 'De Sublimitate', or, 'On the Sublime'.An important classical work on aesthetics, and the importance of good writings. In the treatise the author puts forth examples of good and bad writing.The work is generally referred to having been written by a Longinus, with people often naming Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Cassius Longinus as potential authors.Zachary Pearce was a controversialist, and early critical writer who defended John Milton. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn, front board is detaching. Leather to the head of the front joint is lifting a little, Loss to the tail of the front board. Leather is rubbed with some light marks. Rear joint is cracked. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Surface cracks to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rear hinge is strained. Pencil scribble to the paste downs, rear endpaper, and recto of the frontispiece. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some occasional spots. Good Only. book.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Bien. Londini, Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, 1732. Plena piel de época, nervios, 21x13 cm., XXXV pp., 301 pp., 11 hojas (índices) y una lámina grabada. Ex libris en guardas. Lomo rasgado verticalmente en las bisagras, torpemente restauradas (pero que mantiene la encuadernación aún unida); por lo demás en correcto estado de conservación. Texto bilingüe en griego y en latín.

Zustand: Gut. Editio Quarta. gestochenes Frontispiz, Titel in rot/schwarz gedruckt. XXXV, (1 errata), 301, (3 variae lectiones), (19 index) mit getsochenem Adellswappen auf dem ersten Widmungsblatt und zahlreichen gestochenen Zierstücken im Text. Schweiger I, 189; Wunderbar großzügig gedruckte und verschwenderisch gestaltete Longinus-Ausgabe in griechisch/lateinischem Paralleltext "der Text ist hin und wieder verbessert und die Noten sind vermehrt" (Schweiger). gr Gewicht in Gramm: 750 8° geglätteter, blindgeprägter Kalbslederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Titelrückenschild (Vorderdeckel angerissen).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Latin text. In original, full leather boards. The boards are a touch rubbed but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are two previous owners' signatures to the front end pages and another ink marking on the rear end pastedown. Some mild tanning to the end pages, but there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages throughout are neat and clean. In lovely condition indeed and remarkably well-preserved for its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

8°, OLdr., ed. quarta, zuem nova versione donavit;. 301 S. mit 1 Stich, Text lat. u. griech., Einb. etwas berieben u. abgegr., Ecken bestossen, Papier altersbed. gebräunt, noch gut erh. el Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

Londini, J. & R.Tonson & S. Draper, & J.Watts, 1752. Engr. frontispiece & one engr. headpiece. XXXV,301,[23] pp. Raise full calf. Small 8vo. - Spine & boards sl. worn.Parallel text edition with text in Greek and Latin.