Scrinium Classical Antiquity

DURUY, V., Histoire des Grecs depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à la réduction de la Grèce en Province Romaine. Tome premier. Tome second. Hachette, Paris, 1883. Nouvel édition. XXXII,484;520p. Nice red leather bindings. Gilt lettering on spine. Raised bands. € 100.50 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, N., and F. BARATTE, Les ruines de Sufetula SBEÏTLA. Société Tunisienne de Diffusion, Tunis, 1973. 117p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Sewn. Errata leaflet glued to inside free endpaper. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, P.-M., Gallia. Fouilles et monuments archéologiques en France métropolitaine. Tables décennales des tomes 31 à 40 - 1973-1982. Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1986. 351p. Sewn. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

DUVAL, P.-M., and Chr. HAWKES, (eds.), Celtic Art in Ancient Europe. Five Protohistoric Centuries. Proceedings of the Colloquy held in 1972 at the Oxford Maison Française. L'Art Celtique en Europe Protohistorique. Débuts, développements, styles, techniques. Seminar Press, London (...), 1976. XIII,316p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). ‘The book is not intended to be a succinct introduction to the arts of the La Tène Iron Age for the general reader, but it should be read by all who wish to discover how much has been achieved since the pioneering, but now very dated, studies of Jacobsthal (…) and Fox (…). For it affords an invaluable, indeed fascinating, insight into the state of knowledge of the subject, and into the attitudes and views held by most of its leading students, at the beginning of this decade. Yet the reader should not expect to find here an even coverage of the whole range of problems concerning the arts of the early Celts. Attention is concentrated on three topics - the fifth and fourth centuries, with papers by Frey, Krtua, Sandars, and Schwappach on various aspects of the ‘Early’ and ‘Waldaggesheim’ phases of Celtic art (…) A more widely-ranging paper by Hawkes, though placed at the head of the volume, links this group with the next four papers which are concerned with Britain and Ireland (Jope and Savory on shields, Duignan on the Turoe Stone, and Lowery and Savage on the construction of the pattern on the Holcombe mirror). The third topic is the much neglected one of design on celtic coins, which is tackled in a pair of papers by Allen and Duval. The volume is rounded off with a study of the use of coral by S. Champion (…); a brief examination by Clint-Jensen of the stylistic relationship of certain later La Tène pieces, with specific reference to the influence of Dacian silverware on objects from Scandinavia and elsewhere; and a characteristically thoughtful and eclectic conclusion by Piggott.’ (M.G. SPRATLING in Britannia, 1978, p.488). € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

DÜWEL, K., Runenkunde. Metzlersche Verlag, Stuttgart, 1968. XIII,124p. ill. Paperback. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

DYSON, S.L., The Creation of the Roman Frontier. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1985. XII,324p. Paperback. Spine discoloured. Name and date on free endpaper. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. 'The unwary reader might expect, from the title of this book, that its subject matter would be the development of Roman frontier defences under the Empire, and so constitute a further contribution to the burgeoning genre of 'Limesstudien'. (...) the term 'frontier' is employed here in the sense familiar from the American 'west', of a sizeable zone of newly won, partially pacified territory, where the indigennous population and incoming settlers live in a wary proximity. In essence this book is a detailed survey of Roman expansion in the middle and later Republic, with a strong archaeological component. There is an emphasis, where the evidence will allow it, on trade patterns and acculturation. (...) The breadth of the author's reading is reflected in the very substantial bibliography, which includes not only important secondary literature in Italian, French and Spanish journals, but also modern studies in imperialism and the frontier phenomenon. Yet some nagging doubts remain. The author is perhaps too ready to accept earlier interpretations of often precarious archaeological evidence.' (LAWRENCE KEPPIE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1986, p.273). € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

DZIELSKA, M., Hypatia of Alexandria. Translated by F. Lyra. Harvard University Press, Cambrindge (Mass.) / London, 1996. 3rd impr. X,157p. Paperback. Ex libris glued to free endpaper. Series: Revealing Antiquity, 8. 'The survey is divided into three sections: The Literary Legend of Hypatia, Hypatia and her Circle, and The Life and Death of Hypatia. (...) This book is a splendid corrective to the myths about Hypatia and deserves to be read by anyone studying ancient gender or her time period. It joins an increasing number of books which aim to deconstruct received images of ancient women. (...) Thanks to D. we can now distinguish and appreciate appearance and reality in the story of this influential, if enigmatic philosopher.' (RICHARD HAWLEY in The Classical Review (New Series, 1996, pp.119-120). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

EARL, D., The Moral and Political Tradition of Rome. Thames and Hudson, n.p., 1967. 167p. Cloth wrps. Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life. € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

EARL, D., The Moral and Political Tradition of Rome. Thames and Hudson, n.p., 1967. 167p. Cloth wrps. With signature from Prof. Carl Deroux on free endpaper. Lower part cover, dust wrps and endpapers a little bit water stained. Series: Aspects of Greek and Roman Life. 'Earl's purpose is to trace the continuity in the moral concepts on which the theory and actions of Roman statesmen were based and to show how eventually Augustine was to adapt this very flexible code to fit new Christian attitudes, with the result that it was launched on another thousand years of effective life. (...) This is a most useful and stimulating piece of popularization in the best sense, derived from much recent work, amongst which Earl's own must take a prominent place.' (F.W. WALBANK in the The Classical Review (New Series), 1968, pp.332-34). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

EARP, F.R., The Way of the Greeks. Oxford University Press, London, 1929. VIII,223p. Cloth. Head spine bit bumped. Signature of L.P. Wilkinson. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)