Lot 93
Greek and Latin authors
Collection of works, 17th-18th century
The Library of James Stirling, Mathematician
Auction: 23 October 2025 from 13:00 GMT
Description
Suetonius. XII Caesares, et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, et Joannem Moretum, 1591. 4to (24.2 x 16.5cm), 17th- or early 18th-century British binding of panelled calf, engraved title-page, early marginalia to a few pages (e.g. 123, 278, 296), final blank 3+4 apparently original, spine worn, head of front joint split [Adams S5052];
Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum gestarum … emendati ab Henrico Valesio … editio posterior. Paris: ex officina Antonii Dezallier, 1681. Folio (34 x 21cm), contemporary calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, marbled edges, [32] xxxiv 676 [2] 100 [14] pp.;
Pliny the Elder. Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Quos interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus … Editio altera emendatior et auctior. Paris: Antonii-Urbani Coustelier, 1723. 2 volumes, folio (37.5 x 20.3cm), contemporary calf ruled in gilt, [32] 790, [2] 835 [4] 836-1289 [1] pp., engraved folding map, 11 engraved plates of coins, bindings slightly rubbed, wear to spines and tips, volume 1 label chipped, front joint partially cracked, volume 2 label perished;
Claudius Aelianus. De natura animalium, London: William Bowyer, 1744. 2 volumes, 4to, uncut in contemporary calf-backed comb-marbled boards with quarter calf, majority of leaves unopened, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, occasional marginal damp staining, tear to page 291 [ESTC T88657];
together with one other (Cassius Deo, 1606, title-page loose, this work not collated) (7)