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DITTENBERGER, G., and O. KERN, (eds.). Inscriptiones Graeciae septentrionalis voluminibus VII et VIII non comprehensae. Pars I. Inscriptionis Phocidis Locridis Aetoliae Acarnaniae Insularum Maris Ionii. Edidit G. Dittenberger. Pars secunda. Inscriptiones Thessaliae. Consilio et auctoritate Academiae Regiae Borussicae edidit O. Kern. Indices composuit F. Hiller de Gaertringen inest Tabula Geographica VNA. Apud Georgium Reimerum, Berolini, 1897/1908. 2 parts in one volume. VI,212;XXXII,338. ills.(line drawings). Half cloth. Series: Inscriptiones Graecae, Volumen IX, Pars I, Pars secunda. Requires extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 2 - 5 Kg. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 375.00 (Antiquarian)

DITTMAR, H., Aischines von Sphettos. Studien zur Literaturgeschichte der Sokratiker. Arno Press, New York, 1976. Photomechanical reprint ed.1912. XII,328p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: History of Ideas in Ancient Greece. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

DITTRICH, Z.R., Het verleden van oosteuropa. Maatschappelijke en culturele dynamiek tot het einde der Middeleeuwen. DeHaan(...), Zeist (...), 1968. 263p. ills. Paperback. € 10.50 (Antiquarian)

DIVINE, D., The North-West Frontier of Rome. A Military Study of Hadrian's Wall. MacDonald, London, 1969. 2nd impr. 244p. ills.(B&W/full colour photographs and line drawings). Folding map. Piece of wrps on back gone. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

DIXON, K.R., and P. SOUTHERN, The Roman Cavalry. From the First to the third Century A.D. Routledge, London/New York, 2005. 256p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. 'There are, it seems to the reviewer, three main sources of information about Roman cavalry. First, literary accounts of cavalry in action. Secondly, epigraphic records, including the bronze diplomas. Thirdly, archaeological evidence, in the form of excavated remains of forts in which cavalry was stationed, and small finds of the specialised equipment needed by horse and rider. this study underutilises the first two categories. There is indeed a chapter on recruitment, but it is devoted almost entirely to the procedure of mechanisms by which a young man was received into the army. Inscriptions provide so much of our knowledge of changing recruitment patterns, the ethnic make-up and socio-economic background of the cavalry, which regiments existed and where they were stationed, unit organisation and command structure. Essentially therefore this is an archaeological survey; readers will be surprised by the extent of present day knowledge. It is good that the authors have drawn upon comparative literature on cavalry in Napoleontic and Victorian times. (...) The book is handsomely produced, and beautifully illustrated by line drawings prepared by Karen Dixon. The Plates emphasise cavalry equipment, especially the 'parade' of 'sports' armour. There is a useful glossary of technical terms.' (LAWRENCE KEPPIE on the first edition in The Classical Review (New Series), 1993, p.348). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

DIXON, R.M.W., The Languages of Australia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1980. XXII,547p. Paperback. Loewer corner front cover slightly creased. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 52.50 (Antiquarian)

DIXON, S., The Roman Family. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London, 1992. XIV,279p. ills.(B&W photographs). Paperback. Upper and lower corner front cover a tiny bit creased. 'As D. explains in her preface, there are two reasons why the intention of this book is not to produce a definitive or comprehensive account of the subject. Firstly, the nature and purpose of the family is currently a subject of active public debate. Secondly, she herself remarks on the great changes in focus, in the study of the history of the family, during the few years she spent on this book (...). The work therefore has something of the character of an interim report. The first chapter provides a good survey, useful both for specialists and for the more general reader, of past trends in scholarship on the history of the family, and the Roman family in particular. The four chapters that make up the bulk of the rest of the book concern respectively family relations and the law (Chapter Two), marriage (Three), children (Four) and the life-cycle (Five). Their contents are mainly divided between matters of law, and (more speculatively) of attitudes, in varying proportions (...). The book contains much that is sensible and thought-provoking, and does a useful service, both in summing up the results of much recent work on the Roman family, and suggesting possible future lines of approach.' (JANE F. GARDNER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1993, pp.359-360). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

DIXSAUT, Monique, Le naturel philosophe. Essai sur les Dialogues de Platon. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1985. 1st ed. 423p. Paperback. With signature from Prof. Carl Deroux on free endpaper. Il s’agit, dans cet ouvrage, de faire deux choses en même temps. D’un côté, déterminer les différents sens donnés par Platon au terme philosophia : dénommant, dans les premiers dialogues, l’activité propre et la force qui anime un personnage, Socrate, la philosophia reçoit du Phédon jusqu’au Phèdre ses dimensions intérieures et est pensée comme nature; ensuite, sa modalité dialectique se précise tandis que s’opère sa déduction politique et cosmologique. De l’autre, lire chaque dialogue comme l’exercice d’une philosophia, ce qui signifie ne pas s’encombrer de thèses, de théories et de méthodes et lire avec scrupule et liberté les textes les plus subtilement ironiques, les plus volontairement fragmentés, les plus multiplement médiatisés qui soient. (Publisher's information). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

DOBBINS, J.J., and P.W. FOSS, (eds.), The World of Pompeii. Routledge, London / New York, 2007. XLI,662p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Hard bound. With CD Rom: maps. Head spine a bit worn and damaged. This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work. Accompanied by a CD with the most detailed map of Pompeii so far, this book is instrumental in studying the city in the ancient world and is an excellent source book for students of this fascinating and tragic geographic region. (Publisher's information). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 100.00 (Antiquarian)

DOBLHOFER, E., Stemmen in steen. De ontcijfering der oude schriften. Moussault, Amsterdam, 1966. 342p. ills. (B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth wrps. Wrps a bit worn. Small stamp on free endpaper. Translation of 'Zeichen und Wunder'. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)