Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PEETERS, F., A Bibliography of Vergil. Giorgio Bretschneider, Roma, 1975. Photomechanical reprint ed.1933. 92p. Carton cover. Series: Philologica, 5. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

SELTMAN, Ch., A Book of Greek Coins. Penguin, London, 1952. 1st ed. 31p.(text), 48p.(ills.) Bound wrps. First and last pages as well as edges a bit rust stained. Series: King Penguin, 63. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

A BOOK OF LATIN LETTERS chosen and annotated by R.G.C. Levens. Dutton, NewYork, n.d.(>1930). XXII,174p. Cloth. Cover bit discoloured. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

A BOOK OF LATIN POETRY from Ennius to Hadrian. Chosen and annotated by E.V. Rieu. Methuen, London, 1962. Reprint 1st ed.1926. VIII,120p. Bound. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

MARINATOS, S., A Brief Guide to the Temporary Exhibition of the Antiquities of Thera. General Direction of Antiquities and Restoration, Athens, 1971. 49p. Wire stitched. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

McKEOWN, J.C., A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities. Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press, NewYork, 2017. Original yellow hard bound with pictorial dust wrps. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

DRAKE, H. A., A Century of Miracles. Christians, Pagans, Jews, and the Supernatural, 312-410. Oxford University Press, 2017. XVI,312p. Hardbound with dust wrappers. Nice copy. Like new. 'This book by H. A. Drake is aimed at a semi-popular audience, and is a showcase for his most valuable qualities: an engaging style, a patient awareness of the complexity of the evidence, and a desire to recapture the human element of late-antique Christian belief. It will appeal to anyone wanting to know why fourth-century Christianity is worth studying. Drake does an excellent job of showing how Christianity was remade in this period by the pressures of imperial and episcopal politics. His focus is on a particular Christian rhetoric of legitimation which explained the achievements of Constantine and his successors by the interest of God in their affairs; which permitted the apostate emperor Julian to be written off in hindsight as no significant threat; and which proffered the minor miracles performed by ascetics as proof of God’s presence in the world. (...) his book (...) gives an insightful and engaging account of the development of Christian ideology across the fourth century, and is probably all the better for sidelining the doctrinal controversies that might otherwise bog down the narrative. There are plentiful insights and neat turns of phrase, and helpful illustrations (....).' (MICHAEL STUART WILLIAMS in BMCR 2018.05.11) € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

KIRICHENKO, A., A Comedy of Storytelling. Theatricality and Narrative in Apuleius' Golden Ass. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg, 2010. XII,248p. Original cloth with dust wrappers. 'For Kirichenko Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses' is a book which not only does not provide a master narrative but also purposefully refuses to do so, asking its readers to enjoy the work's contradictions rather than trying to solve them. His own book in a way imitates this reading of the novel. In accordance with his concept of Apuleius' intentions, Kirichenko has written a book which, intentioanlly and especially in its second part, is not coherent in itself, but contains contradictory interpretations that push further the potentially open nature of the novel itself. I is a challenging and thought-provoking book, and contributes much to our understanding that improvised performance and theatricality are central themes of the novel, and expecially crucial in the characterisation of its protagonist.' (REGINE MAY in Ancient Narrative, Vol.10, p.181). € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

CATULLUS, A Commentary by C.J. Fordyce. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1973. Reprint from corrected sheets 1st ed.1961, with corrections. XXX,422p. Original burgundy cloth. Spine gilt titled. Signature and date on free endpaper. 'The Commentaries on the Oxford Classical Texts have received an addition of the first importance. No teacher of Latin can afford to be without this volume.' (D.F.S. THOMSON in Phoenix, 1961, p.245). € 28.00 (Antiquarian)

HOW, W.W., and J. WELLS, A Commentary on Herodotus. With introduction and appendixes. In two volumes. Vol.I (books I-IV), Vol.II (books V-IX). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1912. 1st ed. 2 vols. XII,446;VIII,423p. Folding maps. Cloth. Head and tail spine a bit worn. Some pages vol.2 a bit creased. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)