Scrinium Classical Antiquity

REGLING, K., Münzkunde. Teubner, Leipzig/Berlin, 1930. 37p. Sewn. Series: Einleitung in die Altertumswissenschaft, II.Band - 2.Heft. € 9.50 (Antiquarian)

REGLING, K., (ed.), Die antiken Münzen. Nach A. von Sallet. DeGruyter, Berlin, 1929. 3rd ed. IV,174p. ills. Sewn. Front cover gone. Library stamp. Pencil underlinings. Series: Handbücher der staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

REGNIER, Ad., (ed.), Théatre classique. Contenant Le Cid, Horace, Cinna, Polyeucte de P. Corneille, Britannicus, Esther, Athalie de J. Racine, Mérope de Voltaire, Le Misanthrope de Molière. Nouvelle édition publiée d'après les meilleurs textes, avec les préfaces des auteurs, les examens de Corneille, les variantes, les principales imitations et un choix de notes. Hachette, Paris, 1909. 680p. Bound. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

REGTEREN ALTENA, I.Q., Vereeuwigde Stad. Rome door Nederlanders getekend. 1500-1900. St. Openbaar Kunstbezit i.s.m. Prins Bernhard Fonds, n.p., 1964. 116p. ills. Cloth. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

REGTUIT, R.F., (ed.), Scholia in Aristophanem. Pars III. Scholia in Thesmophoriazusas; Ranas; Ecclesiazusas et Plutum. Fasciculus 2/3. Continens Scholia in Aristophanis Thesmophoriazusas et Ecclesiazusas. Egbert Forsten, Groningen, 2007. 131p. Original green cloth. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. (Rare). ‘On lui doit une grande reconnaissance pour l’oeuvre accomplie et lui souhaiter en particulier de pouvoir mener à bon termes cette édition, qui est un monument d’acribie philologique. (…) D. Holwerda s’est acquitté de sa tâche avec la même rigueur qui caractérisait les éditons précédents. Les corrections mineures, suppressions ou additions d’un article, d’une particule ou d’une préposition, transposition d’un ou de plusieurs mots, rendent l’expression plus claire et facilitent la compréhension du texte qui par sa brièveté pose parfois des problèmes. On ne peut qu’admirer le zèle et l’esprit critique de l’éditeur.’ (HERMAN VAN LOOY, in L’antiquité classique, 1995, pp.279-80). € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

REHKOPF, Fr., Griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1992. XI,140p. Hard bound. € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

REHM, B., Das geographische Bild des alten Italien in Vergils Aeneis. Dieterichse Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig, 1932. IV,112p. Sewn. Head and tail spine a bit worn. Lower part front cover and first pages a little bit creased. Upper and lower edge a bit foxed. Signature on title page. Series: Philologus, Supplementband XXIV, Heft II. (Rare). ‘An interesting and suggestive book. Herr Rehm is thoroughly conversant with the literature of his subject and up to date in it. As he does not, like some of his fellow-countrymen, neglect English authorities, he makes good use of Warde Fowler’s well-known books, of Miss Crump’s valuable ‘ Growth of the Aeneid’, and of Dr. Mackail’s recent edition. The author’s main sources are, as might be expected, the catalogues of books 7 and 10 (North Italy) and the short periplus of book 3. (…) The latter half of the book deals with the topography of the Rome-Ostia-Lavinium triangle, the scene of books 7-12. Herr Rehm disagrees with Carcopino’s equation of Laurentum with Lavinium, and regards the scenic descriptions as in the main of the literary-conventional type; an exception being made of the Tiber, with which, as he holds, Vergil deals more realistically. The author points out that in general Vergil’s pictures of scenery are few and that he contents himself rather, following the example of Homer in the catalogue of B, with the use of pictorial epithets. The book ends with an examination of Vergil’s catalogues as compared with that of Silius Italicus in book 8. For all three Herr Rehm sees a common source in Varro, ‘Antiq. humanae’, book XI.’ (M. PLATNAUER in The Classical Review, 1932, p.227). ‘The most thorough treatment of the details of Italian landscape and ethnography is that of B. Rehm, ‘Das geographische Bild den alten Italien in Vergils Aeneis’ (Leipzig, 1932), to be supplemented by the articles on particular names and places in the ‘Enciclopedia Virgiliana’. (Cambridge Companion to Vergil, 1997). € 95.00 (Antiquarian)

REHM, R., Marriage to Death. The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1996. 3rd impr. XVIII,246p. ills. Paperback. 'The merits of this study is the systematic gathering of references to marriage and death rituals (as advertised). As the jacket blurb states 'the parallels between Greek wedding and death rituals have never been followed through a series of different tragedies as they have here.' Fair enough. This is a useful and profitable endeavor, as is the convenient presentation of practical and iconographical evidence of the first two chapters. Some of the readings and insights (as of Euripides' Suppliants, omitting the facile efforts to historicize and moralize) are worthy on their own, even for more familiar plays. R. knows his Greek, knows the scholarly literature, and works closely with texts in dissertation-like paraphrase. But the second part of the blurb that claims the contribution of this study as revealing 'that these rituals are not used to provide stability but are instead altered in ways that shake up the audience' or that this study offers a 'new perspective on Greek tragedy' is far less accurate. The complexity and significance of ritual acts in tragedy are principles discovered long ago and are subjects of continuing interest and sophisticated criticism. To state that 'wedding and funeral rituals provided a warp to match the woof of traditional mythology, on which was woven the cultural 'rug' of Athenian self-expression' (p. 139) and that 'in the hands of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the ritual/mythological rug did not sit still but was shifted and even pulled out from under those in the audience' (p. 140) hardly represents a major advance in our thinking. A truly dramaturgical kind of reading in the context of performance theory by one who works in modern theater and has practical experience of its operation might have done much to overcome the sense of this study's epigonal qualities and its need to resort to the subjunctive mood and sentimental rhetoric in order to find a civic context for ritual allusions in tragic action.' (F.I. ZEITLIN in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 95.02.05). € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

REHM, R., Greek Tragic Theatre. Routledge, London / NewYork, 1994. 1st paperback ed. X,168p. Paperback.Back cover partly a bit browned. Ex libris stamp and date on half title. Series: Theatre Production Studies. 'Ambitious in its aims, businesslike in construction, thought-provoking in assertions, the boo addresses an awesomely wide range of issues. In the first half of the book R. discusses aspects of performance that are all the more tricky because they are taken for granted by the ancient writers and theatre-goers themselves and yet are barely intelligible to modern audiences and critics. In the second half he explores the theatrical purpose and effectiveness of four paradigm 'plays'. (...) The scale and range of the book mean that it can bring out in brief space what T.S Eliot calls the 'concrete visual actuality' of these extraordinary productions. It does this with flair. The size and shape of the theatre, dress, props, costings etc. (all controversial issues) are dealt with in a clear brisk manner that is helpful to anyone wishing to grasp the total picture(...). At a more basic level it is nice how succinctly he glosses all those key theatrical words (...). Unexpectedly for a book by a writer on drama the book is at its best where it is most philosophical; weakest where it discusses the plays in performance.' (EVERARD FLINTOFF in The Classical Review (New Series), 1993, pp.434-435). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

REHM, W., Griechentum und Goethezeit. Geschichte eines Glaubens. Leo Lehnen Verlag, München, 1952. 3rd ed. XII,428p. ills. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Pages yellowed. A few light, erasable pencil strikes and underlinings from NH. 'Rehms Buch ist beste Wissenschaft, so gewiß es sich methodisch bewährt: bekannte Einzelheiten empfangen ihren Sinn von einer neuen Sicht, und die geschichtlich Abgrenzung klassischer Griechenbilder ermöglicht das erneute Abstecken der Positionen des Humanismus im 20. Jahrhundert.' (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)