breviary treasures (17 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 96 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.24 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 160 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.37 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 198 pages. 11.69x8.27x0.45 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Doric Edition of The Breviary Treasures consists of 550 copies printed on French hand-made paper, of which this copy is number 441. Quarter vellum and paper cover boards. Pages unopened, boards and spine heavily stained and scuffed, corners of boards and spine ends worn, good only without dustwrapper as issued.

Zustand: Fair. . The Doric Edition. Limited edition No. 195 of 550 copies. Rear hinge cracked. Bookplate inside. Slipcase Acceptable. (horace, classics, roman, ancient, literature).

Zustand: New. In.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 230 pages. 8.43x5.85x0.73 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Leather Bound. Zustand: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, plain boards, cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Some of the prelims detached, pages are tanned and clean.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This translation of the Olympic and Pythian odes of Pindar showcases the beauty and power of the original Greek poetry. Moore's English verse captures the essence of Pindar's sports hymns, celebrating the victories of ancient athletes and the glory of their patrons. A must-have for lovers of classical literature and sports history.

230 x 165 mm. (9 x 6 1/2"). 10 volumes. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, covers with gilt rule border, central panel framed by 20 inlaid lighter blue morocco tulips interspersed with tiny gilt stars, raised bands, spine with three panels inlaid with sprays of dark red and citron morocco tulips and lilies accented with small tools, two panels with gilt titling, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES featuring an indigo morocco frame inlaid with red morocco lilies at corners, central panel inlaid with eight teal morocco tulips and a large red morocco lily on graceful gilt stems, a sprinkling of gilt stars above them, ivory watered silk free endleaves, all edges gilt. LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED by artists including A. G. Learned and E. F. Bems with decorative frame on limitations and title pages, NINE FRONTISPIECES, 97 HEADPIECE VIGNETTES, 95 DECORATIVE TAILPIECES, AND 269 THREE-QUARTER FRAMES, ALL HAND COLORED, and 675 black & white three-quarter frames. With engraved bookplate of George Clinton Ward on front flyleaf (most now loose). Spines with just a hint of dulling, a whisper of shelfwear to a couple of volumes, isolated small marginal smudges (from the printing process), but A VERY FINE SET WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE. This superb set features English translations of important Classical texts handsomely printed on Japanese vellum, extravagantly illustrated, and sumptuously bound. It contains "The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius," "The Eclogues of Vergil," "Sayings of Epictetus," "Selections from Gesta Romanorum," "Odes of Anacreon, Anacreontics, and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology," "The Satires of Horace," "The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians, Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey," "Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian," "The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar," and selections from the Koran translated by George Sale. The project was undertaken by writer, translator, and editor Nathan Haskell Dole, a popular member of the Boston literary set. Educated at Philips Andover and Harvard, he was much influenced by family friends like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. He showed an early facility for languages, teaching himself to read French, German, Greek, and Latin. Our set was designed by Dole to be the crown jewel of a library, combining beauty and luxury with Classical erudition. The bindings here are unsigned, but are very similar to those on a copy of this work in the Phoebe Boyle sale bound by the Adams Bindery. Ralph Randolph Adams was, along with Henry Stikeman (and a handful or others), one of the great American art bookbinders of his era. His workshop produced bindings of notable beauty and craftsmanship. The New York Times (11 October 1902) described an Adams binding as "so exquisite in design and execution that those long skeptical of the ability of Americans to bind artistically should now be convinced of their error. . . . It is to be hoped that all American binders will be encouraged to strive toward producing designs [like Adams'] that are in a measure original and which show more of the individual touch of the artist.". No. 2 OF 26 COPIES OF THE HELLENIC EDITION, printed on Royal Japanese vellum.

The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum. Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo. A choice set of this finely printed compendium of world literature: Comprising: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by Jeremy Collier, illus. by A.G. Learned The Ecolgues of Vergil. Translated by Baron Bowen Sayings of Epictetus Selections from Gesta Romanorum. Translated by Rev. Charles Small Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology The Satires of Horace The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians, Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey translated by Andrew Lang and Prof. Butcher Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian. Translated by F.A. Paley The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar. Translated into English Verse by Abraham Moore. Illus by A.G. Learned Selections from the Koran of Mohammed. Translated by George Sale. Illus. by A.G. Learned. Bound in full dark blue french levant, gilt spines, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of C.W.C. Deering Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum.