Classics from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

London: Printed by Nicholas Okes for Cornelius Bee, 1634. First Edition of the English Translation by Edward Grimeston, preceded by C.Watson’s translation of 1568. STC notes 3 variants, one with earlier imprint (1633). STC 20099a. Brüggemann p. 241. Moss II p. 529. folio. pp. 7 p.l., 480, [14]index. lacking initial blank. title within elaborate woodcut border. folding table.… Read more about this item

London & New York: Macmillan And Co., 1889. Second Edition. NCBEL III 1441. 16mo. pp. xlii, 210. full blind-stamped calf by Bumpus & Holborn (rubbed). elala5565

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1806. Third Edition of Thomas Tyrwhitt's recension (first: 1794). cfDibdin, 4th edn., I pp. 323-24. cfMoss I p. 123. 8vo. pp.1 p.l., xvii, 271, 2(ads). text in Greek & Latin. contemporary diced calf, all edges gilt (corners & head of spine damaged, joints partly cracked, internally fine). ownership entry of John Fitz-Gibbon, dated 1844. Fore-edge… Read more about this item

London: Printed For J.Johnson, W.J. And J.Richardson, 1806. 5 Volumes. 9 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait., contemporary diced calf (6 covers detached, several joints cracked, 1 vol. rebacked, some chipping to spines, foxing to & offsetting from portrait)

London: Jones & Company, 1831. 2 Volumes. 48mo. pp. iv, xxi, 402; 2 p.l., 350. 2 additional engraved titles & 2 engraved frontis. portraits. original embossed leather (extremities rubbed)

Paris: Auguste Durand, 1854. First Edition of this topographical study of Roman Latium, the most important region of central Italy in which the city of Rome was founded, its system of roads including the Via Appia, its public aqueducts, and the most important cities mentioned by ancient authors. The maps, numbered from 1 to 4bis, show sections of the… Read more about this item

London: Printed For the Translators For Private Subscribers Only, 1894. First Edition, one of 1,000 copies of the small-paper issue. Penzer pp. 156-57. 8vo. pp. xxiii, 313. with half-title. title in red & black. engraved frontis. Uncut in original bds. (extremities rubbed, spine darkened)

London: Printed for D.Brown, R.Sare, A.Roper..., 1724 & London: Printed for J. and J.Knapton, R.Williamson..., 1730. Seventh & Fourth Editions. Complete set of 2 Volumes (the first volume is frequently sold on its own). 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 550, [2]ads; 7 p.l., 266. 2 engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait). contemporary sprinkled calf (rubbed, Vol. I covers detached… Read more about this item

London: Printed For T.Cadell and W.Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1838. cfNCBEL II 1739. 8 Volumes. 8vo. engraved frontis. portraits? title vignettes. 19th century calf, gilt backs (rubbed & scuffed, lacking spine labels)

London: Printed by W. M'Dowall For J. Davis, 1813. Second Davis Edition of John Rook(e)'s English Translation. cfBr¸ggemann pp. 330-31. 8vo. pp. 264. contemporary half calf (very worn, covers detached, a few gatherings lightly embrowned). bookplate of William Locker Felton

Cambridge: J. & J.J.Deighton, 1830. Second Edition (first: 1825). 8vo. pp. xxvi, 460. contemporary half calf, gilt edges (joints & extremities rubbed). gilt leather ownership label on upper cover the 'Most Hon. Marquess of Camden'

Oxford: Printed by W.Downing, for F.Oxlad Senior, J.Adams, and F.Oxlad Junior, 1673. First Edition of the English Translation, with extensive commentary, by Barten Holyday of the satires of Juvenal, incorporating the fourth edition of Holyday’s translation with commentary of the satires of Persius Flaccus. This is also the first English translation to be illustrated, most of the engravings being… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1769. First Edition in French, translated by Jesuit priest Jean Nicolas Grou [1731-1803] of Plato’s last work, left uncompleted at his death. As opposed to the ideal state described in his Republic the Laws presents a practical plan for a ‘second best’ constitution and state. “Under [it] the elite may possess modest estates, and private… Read more about this item

Verona: Dionigi Ramanzini, 1736-37. Second Enlarged Edition of this Italian Translation by Marc-Antonio Gandini (first: 1588). Graesse VII 492. 3 Volumes in 1. 4to. pp. 24 p.l., 409, [1]; 4 p.l., 3-556 [i.e. 256], 48, 26, 75, [1]; 387, [1]. engraved dedication headpiece. woodcut device on titles & at end of each part. 4 folding engraved maps. woodcut ornaments… Read more about this item

London: A.J.Valpy, 1820. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-vii, [1 leaf], 304, xxv. lacking half-title? library buckram

London: Printed for H.Knaplock, D.Midwinter…, 1740. Sixth Edition. cfNCBEL II 1828. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 464, [27]index; 2 p.l., 420, [34]index. titles in red & black. 31 engraved plates (1 folding). woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary paneled calf (joints cracked, spine ends chipped, one cover detached)

Paris: Joseph Barbou, 1760. 2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 523, [5]; 2 p.l., 581, [10], [1]blank, [4]privilege. with half-title in Vol. II. French & Latin on opposite pages. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (headpieces bit chipped, first gathering in Vol. II lightly embrowned)

Utrecht: Gerard Muntendius, 1707. First Edition. Graesse VI 473 (citing folio format in error?). 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 199, [1]. etched title by Pieter Bodart after Gerard Hoet & 99 ¾ page etched medallion portraits of classical figures by P.Bodart. woodcut headpieces & initials. modern quarter calf over old marbled bds. (etched title with dampstain to lower portion &… Read more about this item

Hanau: Wechel, Claude Marne & Heirs of Jean Aubry, 1609. [BOUND WITH:] SIGONIUS. Carolus. Historia De Rebus Bononiensibus… folio. pp. 4 p.l.(the last blank), 887, [39]index. printer’s device on title. woodcut ornaments & initials. Frankfurt: Claude Marne & Heirs of Jean Aubry, 1604. [BOUND WITH:] SIGONIUS. Carolus. De Antiquo Iure Civium Romanorum, Italiae, Provinciarum, Ac Romanae Iurisprudentiae Iudiciis, Libri… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Printed By John Smith…For John Taylor…, 1831-32. Second Revised Edition (Vol. I) and First Edition (Vol. II) of the English Translation. A third volume of the Romische Geschichte was published in Berlin in 1832, and the English translation by W.Smith and I.Schmitz, not offered herewith, was published in London in 1842. “Niebuhr is the founder of modern, empirical… Read more about this item