Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PHILOPONUS, On Aristotle. On Coming-to-Be and Perishing 1.1-5. Translated by C.J.F. Williams. Introduction by Sylvia Berryman. Duckworth, London, 1999. IX,195p. Bound wrps. Wrps on spine a bit discoloured. Else fine. Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

SAINT AUGUSTINE, (AUGUSTINUS), On Christian Teaching. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by R.P.H. Green. Oxford University Press, Oxford/NewYork, 2008. XVI,168p. Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. € 9.50 (Antiquarian)

ARISTOTLE, (ARISTOTELES), On Coming-To-Be and Passing-Away. (De Generatione et Corruptione). A Revised Text with Introduction and Commentary by H.H. Joachim. Clarendon press, Oxford, 1999. Photomechanical reprint ed. 1926. (XL),303p. Original black cloth wrps. Nice copy. € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

FILELFO, FRANCESCO, On Exile. Edited by J. De Keyser. Translated by W. Scott Blanchard. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) / London, 2013. XXVI,485p. Cloth wrps. Series: The I Tatti Library, ITRL 55. € 27.50 (New)

LASS, R., On Explaining Language Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1980.XIII,186p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. A few pen markings and annotations from KJD. 'What Lass offers in his book (…) is an attempt to explain why language change cannot be explained, or more precisely, why none of the reasons advanced so far is truly explanatory.' (SUZANNE ROMAINE in Language in Society, 1983, p.223). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

LONGINUS, On Great Writing. (On the sublime). Translated, with an Introduction, by G.M.A. Grube. The Liberal Arts Press, New York, 1957. XXI,66p. Wire stitched. Small personal library mark on tail spine and free endpaper. Name on free endpaper. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

BOWRA, C.M., On Greek Margins. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970. VII,279. cloth wrps. Wrps on inside a little bit foxed. Upper edge a bit stained. 'This further selection of Sir Maurice Bowra's articles (...) is even more valuable than its predecessor, 'Problems in Greek Poetry' (1953). (...) The articles span the many centuries from Homer to Pallades, fully illustrating his wide range over the whole field of Greek literature, and showing throughout his workmanlike style, clear presentation of arguments, freedom from pedantry, and general soundness of judgment. (...) The book is excellently produced, and the generally high level of its contents makes it a worthy monument to a great Hellenist.' (NAN V. DUNBAR in The Classical Review (New Series), 1973, pp.200-03). € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

CICERO, On Oratory and Orators. With his Letters to Quintus and Brutus translated or edited by J.S. Watson. Bohn, London, 1855. 522p. Bound. Spine head and tail (bit) worn. Some foxing. Front cover nearly loose. Hinges bit weak, joints partly cracked. Binding good. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

MOMIGLIANO, A., On Pagans, Jews, and Christians. Collected Essays. Weslyan University Press, Middletown-Connecticut, 1989. Paperback. Right upper corner bit dogs eared. A.o.: The Origins of Universal History (pp.31-58); How Roman Emperors Became Gods (pp.92-108); Some Preliminiary Remarks on the 'Religious Opposition' to the Roman Empire (pp.120-142); Ancient Biography and the Study of Religion in the Roman Empire (pp.159-178). € 23.00 (Antiquarian)

PHILODEMUS, On Piety. Part 1. Critical Text with Commentary. Edited by D. Obbink. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996. 1st ed. XII,676,8p. ills.(B&W photographs). Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps to spine a bit discoloured and a bit used. Newspaper article glued in. Journal article loosely inserted. € 250.00 (Antiquarian)