Lot 92
Greek authors
Collection of folio editions, 17th-18th century
The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician
Auction: 23 October 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
Procopius of Caesarea. Historiarum. Nunc primum Graece editi. Accessit Liber de aedificiis Justiniani fere suplo quam antea auction. Opera Davidis Hoeschilii. Augsburg: apud Davidem Francum, 1607. Folio (31.8 x 20.4cm), old calf, [8] 376 56 [60] pp., engraved allegorical title-page, main text entirely in Greek, pencilled marginalia joints cracked, binding worn [VD17 39:123445Q];
Aristophanes. Komodiae endeka [title in Greek]. Comoediae undecim, cu, scholiis antiquis. Geneva: sumptibus Caldorianae societatis, 1607. Folio in sixes (34 x 21cm), contemporary calf, [36] 916 [27] pp., text in Greek and Latin, double column, free endpapers lacking or pasted down, title-page spotted and slightly creased, marginal spotting throughout, marginal damp-staining to prelims, a few small chips and losses to edges;
Clement of Alexandria. Euriskomena [title in Greek]. Opera, quae extant. Recognita et illustrata per Joannem Potterum. Oxford: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1715. 2 volumes, folio (39.5 x 23.5cm), contemporary calf, red morocco labels, dog's-tooth roll gilt to spines and covers, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to each title-page, [16] 642, [2] 643-902 913-1060 [4] 206 [50] pp., volume 1 sig. 4L2 untrimmed at corner [ESTC T144834];
Julius Pollux. Onomastikon en biblioic deka [title in Greek]. Onomasticum Graece et Latine. Amsterdam: ex officina Wetsteniana, 1706. 2 volumes, folio (32.4 x 19.5cm), contemporary marbled calf (possibly French), gilt spines, marbled endpapers, edges dyed red, [4] 48 683, [2] 687-1388 [16] 178 [9] pp., Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, half-titles, engraved architectonic frontispiece and additional allegorical title-page, engraved folding plate, volume 2 with nicks to head of spine and closed tear in 7H3 (6)