Scrinium Classical Antiquity

COULANGES, F. De, Recherches sur le droit de propriété chez les Grecs. And: Recherches sur le tirage au sort appliqué a la nomination des archontes Atheniens. Arno Press, New York, 1979. Photomechanical reprint ed.1891.179p. Imitation leather bound. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. (Rare).From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

VATIN, C., Recherches sur le mariage et la condition de la femme mariée a l'époque hellénistique. Boccard, Paris, 1970. 313p. Cloth. Pen markings and annotations. 'Cet ouvrage est notamment précieuse, parce que M. Vatin y rassemble du matériel des sources historiques de toute sorte: des documents juridiques, épigraphiques comme des papyrus, des idées exprimées par les philosophes et dans la littérature, en particulier des poètes de comédie, matière qui donne la notion la plus claire des idées contemporaines. (...) L'arrangement du matérial est clair, les développements dans la conception de la vie et du droit matrimonial sont lucidement tracés. (...) On reçoit une idée très nette de l'évolution du droit matrimonial, de la tutelle, de la dot et de son influence à la in sur le nombre de la population, et des occupations des femmes mariées dès l'époque classique. Une bibliographie et de nombreux indices complêtent cet ouvrage et le rendent une manuelle pratique et valable. (THALIEN M. de WIT-TAK in Mnemosyne). € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

CUMONT, Fr., Recherches sur le Symbolisme Funéraire des Romains. Libraire Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, 1966. (Photomechanical reprint first ed.1942). IV,543,XLVIIp. ills.(line drawings and B&W photographs). Sewn. Spine and front cover bit creased due to the quality of the cardboard cover in relation to the weight of the book. Series: Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique, Tome XXXV. Requires extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 2 - 5 Kg. 'No one could review this great work without a deep sense of gratitude and of loss. Cumont died in August, 1947, busy to the last with these studies (...). He kept to the end his robust faith in scholarship and in goodness. The title of this book indicated its thesis - that the themes of Roman grave-altars and sarcophagi and of the paintings in funerary hypogaea are not simply (...). In large part at least they involve for C. specific allegorical meanings, crystallized above all in Neopythagorean thought and known to us largely from Plutarch, Arisitdes Quintillianus, and Neoplatonists.' A bald 'summary gives no idea of the richness of the treatment, the abundant and apt illustrations, the delicate human sympathy, the skilful arrangement. (...) We are once more in his debt for the knowledge and for the feeling with which he has explored the religious sentiment of antiquity.' (ARTHUR DARBY NOCK in The Journal of Roman Studies, 1948, pp.155-56). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 175.00 (Antiquarian)

PERNOT, H., Recherches sur le texte original des Évangiles. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1938. 331p. Sewn. Signature on free end paper. Series: Collection de l'Institut Néo-Hellénique de l'Université de Paris, Tome IV. € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

LAMBOLEY, J.-L., Recherches sur les Messapiens. IVe - II siècle avant J.-C. École Française de Rome, Palais Farnèse, 1996. X,661p. Richly ills.(B&W line drawings and photographs). Hard bound. Upper corner front cover a tiny bit damaged. Lower corner front cover a little bit bumped. Series: Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, Fascicule 292. ‘As is to be expected for a people who left so few written records, over half the text of L.’s work is dedicated to cataloguing the archaeological material from all over Messapia. this seven the dual purpose of providing an invaluable tool for research and also defining the geographical limits of Messapian culture. (…) The second half of the work is an examination of the Messapian people from economic, cultural, and linguistic standpoints.Here, archaeology is combined with history and epigraphy as L. looks at transport and roads, agriculture, urbanism and urban centres, political and social organisation, art, and architecture. The aids to the reader are tremendous; there is no lack of maps, tables, and diagrams; moreover, plates provide a visual image of almost every site, and L’.’s excellent cross-referencing makes the volume very user-friendly. The book culminates with a chapter on culture and religion, where the depth of L.’s research and dedication to this large project shines through. (…) L. has succeeded in writing the definitive work on Messapian archaeology and history, His exhaustive research, attention to detail, and excellent presentation have combines to shed a new light on the study of Messapia, and has paved the way for a new look at the importance of the indigenous peoples of southern Italy.’ (JOHN SERRATI in The Classical Review (New Series), 2000, pp.670-671). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

STORME, M., Recht en macht. Colloquium georganiseerd ter gelegenheid van vijftig jaar zelfstandigheid der Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Brussel 16 december 1988. AWLSK, Paleis der Academiën, Brussel, 1990. 277p. Sewn. Card board. Upper edge a bit foxed. Else fine. A.o.: F. VAN DUN: De rechtsstaatgedachte in de Europese rechtsfilosofische traditie (pp.13-43); J. GIJSSELS: De 'Scheiding der Machten'. (pp.59-85); F. VANISTENDAEL: De Macht van het Recht - Het Recht van de Macht (pp.115-129); E. LEEMANS: MACHTSVERLIES VAN HET PARLEMENT (PP.173-181); S.W. COUWENBERG: Open Machtssysteem als alternatief van trias politica leer (pp.211-239); R.C. VAN CAENEGEM: De Rechtsstaat: een Europese verworvenheid (pp.269-277). From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Tony Reekmans. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

KUIPER, K., Recht en onrecht in Athene's bloeitijd. De achtergrond van Plato's Gorgias. Tjeenk Willink, Haarlem, 1922. 74p. Bound. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

SPRUIT, J.E., Rechtsgeleerde muurbloempjes uit de 17e eeuw. Curieus verglaasde wandtegels met taferelen uit de Pandecten. Le droit romain, sujet d'une décoration murale du 17e siècle. Carreaux émaillés illustrant les Pandectes de Justinien. Stichting tot Bevordering der Notariële Wetenschap, Amsterdam, 1989. (Quint, Arnhem.) 68p. ills. Bound. Oblong. Nice copy. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

HOWATSON, M.C., (ed.), Reclams Lexikon der Antike. Mit 211 Abbildungen und 6 Karten. Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart, 2006. (bibliographical) enlarged ed. 709,(10)p. Hard bound. Lower and upper edge with water stain. Red color of endpapers leaking into first and last pages, probably caused by water. Else fine. Translation of the Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 1989. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

ENENKEL, K.A., J.L. de JONG, and J. DE LANDTSHEER, (eds.), Recreating Ancient History. Episodes from the Greek and Roman Past in the Arts and Literature of the Early Modern Period. Brill, Boston / Leiden, 2002. XIII,371;16,10,5,8p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Nice copy. ‘The study of the classical tradition has long been a disparate one. All too often scholars have tended to concentrate upon the influences of antiquity in one writer or artist, and failed to place these influences in a wider context. Yet, without this context, the classical tradition is little more than an exercise in erudition. This volume (…) is therefore a welcome collection of seventeen essays that draw parallels between the many and diverse aspects of the classical tradition in the early modern period. (…) The volume will be useful to historians of all aspects of the early modern period, as well as historians of the classical tradition and cultural history. (…) the standard of scholarship is generally high, and the essays carry copious references to further scholarship.’ (IAN MACGREGOR MORRIS in the Journal of Roman Studies, 2003, p.348). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)