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DUCKWORTH, G.E., The Nature of Roman Comedy. A Study in Popular Entertainment. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1952. XIII;501p. ills. Cloth wrps. Wrps a bit worn and a bit stained. Pages of different paper quality, showing differnt colouring of the edges. 'Most people will agree that this ambitious programme has been carried out with notable success. Even specialists (for whom the book is not primarily intended) will find it extremely convenient to have so much relevant material collected in a fairly compact form; and the non-specialist is provided with practically everything that he requires for a general understanding of the subject. (...) In his discussion of stage conventions, themes, treatment, methods of composition, and dramatic devices the author is seen at his best. The analysis is careful, penetrating, and systematic (...) and the conclusions drawn are refreshingly free from sweeping generalizations and over-simplification. (...) The treatment of characterization is similarly commendable (...).' (HUGH TREDENNICK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1954, pp.125-29). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

DUCKWORTH, G.E., The Nature of Roman Comedy. A Study in Popular Entertainment. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1952. XIII;501p. ills. Paperback. Front cover has some (circular) damage. Tail spine slightly bumped. Upper corner bit bumped (all over). Still quite nice. 'Most people will agree that this ambitious programme has been carried out with notable success. Even specialists (for whom the book is not primarily intended) will find it extremely convenient to have so much relevant material collected in a fairly compact form; and the non-specialist is provided with practically everything that he requires for a general understanding of the subject. (...) In his discussion of stage conventions, themes, treatment, methods of composition, and dramatic devices the author is seen at his best. The analysis is careful, penetrating, and systematic (...) and the conclusions drawn are refreshingly free from sweeping generalizations and over-simplification. (...) The treatment of characterization is similarly commendable (...).' (HUGH TREDENNICK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1954, pp.125-29). € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

DUDAY, H., F. LAUBENHEIMER, and A.-M. TILLIER, Sallèles d'Aude. Nouveau-nés et nourrissons Gallo-Romains. Annales Littéraires de l'Université de Besançon, n.p., 1995. 146p. ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Sewn. Cardboard. Series: Centre de Recherches d'Histoire Ancienne - Volume 144. Série Amphores 3. (Rare). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

DUDLEY, D., The Romans. Hutchinson of London, London, 1970. XXIV,316p. ills. Bound wrps. Little tears in wrps. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Name on title page. Pages a little bit yellowed due to paper quality. Series: The History of Human Society. 'To encompass the whole history of a civilization which endured for over 1,000 years within a mere 290 pates, however well illustrated, is a formidable undertaking. But in 'The Romans' Professor Dudley has brought off a remarkable achievement. It is accurate, selective and admirably written.' (R.M. OGILVIE in The Classical Review (New Review), 1972, p.250). € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

DUDLEY, D.R., The World of Tacitus. Secker & Warburg, London, 1968. 271p. Cloth wrps. 'The style and content of a literary historian are not in the end separable, and Professor Dudley wisely (see pp.35 ff.) considers language, structure, and subject-matter together. But the emphasis of the first part of his book is on Tacitus' presentation of history, while the remaining chapters concentrate on Emperors, Senate, Army, City, Provinces, and Foreign Powers, topics which form at once the content of the history and very necessary supplementary information for the general reader. Both parts are sensible and informative. It is also refreshing to find a measured defence of the positive qualities of ancient historiography and of Tacitus' contribution to it (...). The presentation of Tacitus' world and Tacitus' history, often by summary or translation (Professor'Dudley's own) of Tacitus' text, is both sound and kaleidoscopic. The general reader will certainly be the wiser, after reading this book, about the early Empire and Tacitus' attitude to it, about the range and limitations of Tacitus as a historian, about the complexity and coherence of the ancient world, and about the importance and influence of one of its great writers.' (N.P. MILLER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1970, p.45). € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

DUDLEY, D.R., (ed.), Virgil. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1969. XI,219p. Cloth wrps. Wrps a bit worn. Series: Studies in Latin Literature and its Influence. Contents: D.E.W. WORMELL: The Originality of the Eclogues (pp.1-27); B. OTIS: The Originality of the Aeneid (pp.27-67); A.J. GOSSAGE: Virgil and the Flavian Epic (pp.67-94); J.H. WHITEFIELD: Virgil into Dante (pp.94-119); R.D. WILLIAMS: Changing Attitudes to Virgil (pp.119-139); A.G. McKAY: Virgilian Landscape into Art (pp.139-161); W.F. JACKSON KNIGHT: Virgil's Elysium (pp.161-176); M. AYRTON: The Path to Daedalus (pp.176-203). € 18.00 (Antiquarian)

DUERR, H.P., (ed.), Die wilde Seele. Zur Ethnopsychoanalyse von Georges Devereux. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1987. 498p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: Edition Suhrkamp, Neue Folge, Band 235. A.o.: K.J. DOVER: Homosexualität in Griechenland und die 'Inspiration' (pp.47-64); M. FRANZ: Der Mythos von Baubo (pp.64-85); K.-P. KOEPPING: Unzüchtige und enthaltsame Frauen im Demeterkult (pp.85-124); Ch.P. DUCEY: Ödipus am Scheideweg der Zivilisation (pp.124-140); Ch. SEGAL: Euripides' Bakchen. Die Sprache des Selbst und die Sprache der Mysterien (pp.140-163). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

DUFF, J.W., A Literary History of Rome from the Origins to the Close of the Golden Age. A Literary History of Rome in the silver Age from Tiberius to Hadrian. Edited by A.M. Duff. Benn / Barnes&Noble, London / NewYork, 1967/68. 2 vols. [Corr.impr.of] 3rd ed.(original ed. 1909/27), (with supplementary bibliography). XVI,543p;XVI,607p. Cloth wrps. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

DUFF, J.W., A Literary History of Rome from the Origins to the Close of the Golden Age. Edited by A.M. Duff. Ernst Benn, London, 1960. Corr.impr.of 3rd ed.(original ed. 1909), (with supplementary bibliography). XVI,543p. Cloth. Upper edge slightly stained. Else fine. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

DUFF, J.W., A Literary History of Rome from the Origins to the Close of the Golden Age. A Literary History of Rome in the silver Age from Tiberius to Hadrian. Edited by A.M. Duff. Benn / Barnes&Noble, London / NewYork, 1960. 2 vols. [Corr.impr.of] 3rd ed.(original ed. 1909/27). XVI,543p;XVI,599p. Cloth wrps. With annotation from WGA in vol.I pp.322,429. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)