Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BURTON, R.W.B., Pindar's Pythian Odes. Essays in Interpretation. Oxford University Press, London (...), 1962. IX,202p. Cloth wrps. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper.This book devotes a chapter to each Pythian Ode, examining its structure and contents as a finished work. The poems are discussed in chronological order of composition, so that the development of Pindar's style and personality may be traced from youth to old age. Special attention is paid to his forms of expression, methods of composition and modes of thought. Although the book is meant to be read in close conjuction with the Greek text, it is not intended to replace a detailed commentary, textual and grammatical points being considered only where they are relevant to its main purpose, which is to interpret Pindar's meaning. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 42.50 (Antiquarian)

BURTON, R.W.B., The Chorus in Sophocles' Tragedies. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1980. IX,301p. Cloth wrps. Wrps a bit worn and partly discoloured. Personal summary from WGA loosely inserted. 'Burton treats each play of Sophocles in turn, subjecting the choral parts (both spoken and sung) to a close analysis, with his attention focused on no one feature to the exclusion of others. He sets each choral part into its dramatic context. He explains the structure and overall metrical form of each ode, and comments on noteworthy aspects of style, language, or thought. (…) He is a sound, sympathetic, and perceptive guide. (…) These blemishes (…) do little to detract from the excellence of this book.' (JAMES DIGGLE in The Classical Review, 1982, pp.12-14). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

BURY, E., (ed.), Tous vos gens à Latin. Le latin, langue savante, langue mondaine (XVIe - XVIIe siècles). Études réunies et éditées par E. Bury. Librairie Droz, Genève, 2005. 463p. Original red gilt titled cloth. Nice copy. A.o.: P. BOURGAIN: Réflezions médiévales sur les langues de savoir (pp.23-47); A. GRONDEUX: Le latin et les autres langues au Moyen Âge: contacts avec des locuteurs étrangers, bilinguisme, interprétation et traduction (800-1200) (pp.47-69); P. LARDET: Langues de savoirs et savoirs de langue: la refondation du latin dans le 'De causis linguae latinae de Jules-César Scaliger (1540) (pp.69-113); M. FURNO: De lérudit au pédagogue: prosopographie des auteurs de dictionnaires latins, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles (pp.147-177); J. ROYÉ: La littérature comique et la critique du latin au XVIIe siècle (pp.223-237)A. VANAUTGAERDEN: L'oeuvre 'latin' de Jean Froben, imprimeur d'Erasme (pp.309-331); Y. HASKELL: Bad taste in baroque Latin? Father Strozzi's Poem on Chocolate (pp.429-439); A. MICHEL: Le latin, les mots et les choses: Virgile, Eckhart, Edmond Jabès (pp.439-449). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 100.00 (Antiquarian)

BURY, J.B., A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great. MacMillan, London, 1956. 3rd ed. XXV,925p. ills. Folding maps. Cloth. Head and tail spine slightly bumped. Name and date on free endpaper. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

BURY, J.B., History of the Later Roman Empire. From the death of Theodosius I. to the death of Justinian. Vol. I. Vol. II. Dover, NewYork, n.d. (reprint 1st ed.1958) 2 vols. XXV,471;IX,494p. Paperback. Pages a bit yellowed. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

BURY, J.B., The Ancient Greek Historians. Dover Publications, NewYork, n.d.(>1958). Reprint ed.1908. X,281p. Paperback. Edges and pages a bit yellowed. Signature and private library mark from J. van Leeuwen on title page. ‘This volume (…) gives ‘a historical survey of Greek historiography down to the first century B.C.’ It displays the same brilliant power of expounding the results of a mass of erudition which appears in the author’s ‘History of Greece’; and to that work it forms a valuable supplement, revealing the foundations upon which the building was erected.’ (H. RACKHAM in The Classical Review, 1909, p. 226). € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

BURY, J.B., E.A. BARBER, a.o., The Hellenistic Age. Aspects of Hellenistic Civilization. Norton & Comp., New York, 1970. Reprint 1st ed.1923. 145p. Paperback. Contents: J.B. BURY: The Hellenistic Age and the History of Civilization (pp.1-31); E.A. BARBER: Alexandrian Literature (pp.31-79); E. BEVAN: Hellnistic Popular Philosophy (pp.79-108); W.W. TARN: The Social Question in the Third Century (pp.108-141). € 11.50 (Antiquarian)

BURY, J.B., S.A. COOK and F.E. ADCOCK, (eds.), The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. III. The Assyrian Empire. University Press, Cambridge, 1929. XXV,821p. ills. (Folding) maps, plans, tables. Gilt titled spine. Upper edge gilded. Remains of personal library marks on tail spine as well as free endpaper. Name on free endpaper. Head and tail spine a bit worn. First map false-creased. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

BUSCH, W., Horaz in Russland. Studien und Materialien. Eidos Verlag, München, 1964. 271p. Cloth wrps. Series: Forum Slavicum, Bd.2 € 24.00 (Antiquarian)

BUSCH, W., Max et Moritz. Facinora puerilia septem dolis fraudibusque peracta ex inventione Guilielmi Busch, poetae pictorisque in sermonem Latinum conversa a versificatore sereno (Dr. G. Merten) München, Braun&Schneider, 1933. 56p. Coloured ills. Bound (with wire stiches). Spine (cloth) bit damaged. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)