Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HORATIUS. Opstellen ontleend aan de conferentie op Oudpoelgeest 1963. Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 1965. 178p. Paperback. Cover partly yellowed. Pages a bit yellowed. Signature on free endpaper. Contents: A.D. LEEMAN: Moderne benaderingswijzen van Horatius (pp. 9-29); J. van GELDER: Horatius' Oden en Horatius zelf (pp.29-45); J.H. WASZINK: De poëtische expressie in de Oden en Epoden (pp.45-77); H. BOLKESTEIN: Griekse voorbeelden van Horatius' lyriek (pp.77-113); H.L.W. NELSON: Het voortleven van Horatius (pp.113-159); A.F. DEKKER: Horatius van wiegedruk tot 18e eeuwse prachtuitgave (pp.159-167). € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

DOBLHOFER, E., Horaz in der Forschung nach 1957. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, n.d.(>1992). XIII,205p. Paperback. corners front cover slightly dog's eared. Signature and date on half title. Some erasable pencil markings, underlinings and annotations from a reviewer. Series: Erträge der Forschung, 279. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

BUSCH, W., Horaz in Russland. Studien und Materialien. Eidos Verlag, München, 1964. 271p. Cloth wrps. Series: Forum Slavicum, Bd.2 € 24.00 (Antiquarian)

WILI, W., Horaz und die augusteische Kultur. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1965. 2nd ed. 414p. Cloth. Name stamp and signature on free endpaper. 'Wili has the great merit, commoner in German-speaking countries than else-where, of regarding literary history as a real subject. It is refreshing to find words like 'Synkretismus' bandied about; Roman poetry makes no sense unless one is ready to talk about sources, and Horace's antecedents are unusually complex. (...) He points out admirably how the 'Epodes' contaminate elements from the minor Greek genres. (...) Wili is good on witchcraft, less so on politics (...). He is good on the social background of Roman love-poetry (...). He makes some good observations on friendship and meditation. (...) Wili is better on the 'Epistles' than on the 'Odes'. (...) The 'Epistles' allude to the epistolary form without in any sense being real letters; Willi deserves great credit for understanding this point, which is not always fully appreciated.' (R.G.M. NISBET in The Classical Review, 1968, pp.55-57). € 18.00 (Antiquarian)

NUMBERGER, K., Horaz' lyrische Gedichte. Kommentar für Lehrer der Gymnasien und für Studierende. Asschendorff, Münster, 1972. XXVIII,615p. Hard bound. Signature on free endpaper. Endpages slightly rust stained. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

FRAENKEL, E., Horaz. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von G. und E. Bayer. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1967. 540p. Cloth. Cover (partly) and spine a bit discoloured. Upper edge a little bit foxed. Signature on free endpaper.'This is a highly personal book, as well as a manifesto against the effects on Horatian criticism of the post-Romantic preoccupation with poets 'Erlebnis' and of the modern prejudice agains imperialism, autocracy, and 'personality cult'. It has two main themes - first, the use made by Horace of literary tradition and his gradual emancipation from excessive dependence on it, and second, his attitude to Augustus - though much else is interwoven. (...) Indeed this is probably the weightiest book on Horace that has yet appeared. No one could put it down without feeling greatly enriched in knowledge and understanding. Fraenkel's acquaintance with forgotten as well as recent literature on Horace, and his grasp of the history of scholarship, is formidable.' (L.P. WILKINSON on the original English publication in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, pp.33-36). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

FRAENKEL, E., Horaz. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von G. und E. Bayer. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1971. 3rd rev.ed. 540p. Paperback. Upper edge a bit foxed. Name on title page. 'This is a highly personal book, as well as a manifesto against the effects on Horatian criticism of the post-Romantic preoccupation with poets 'Erlebnis' and of the modern prejudice agains imperialism, autocracy, and 'personality cult'. It has two main themes - first, the use made by Horace of literary tradition and his gradual emancipation from excessive dependence on it, and second, his attitude to Augustus - though much else is interwoven. (...) Indeed this is probably the weightiest book on Horace that has yet appeared. No one could put it down without feeling greatly enriched in knowledge and understanding. Fraenkel's acquaintance with forgotten as well as recent literature on Horace, and his grasp of the history of scholarship, is formidable.' (L.P. WILKINSON on the original English publication in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, pp.33-36). € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

LEFÈVRE, E., Horaz. Dichter im augusteischen Rom. Beck, München, 1993. 360p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Spine with gilt titled vignette. Nice copy. € 18.00 (Antiquarian)

KRASSER, H., Horazische Denkfiguren. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1995. 164p. Sewn. Series: Hypomnemata, Untersuchungen zur Antike und zu ihrem Nachleben, 106. Nice copy. ‘This book is the revision of a 1989 Tübingen thesis under the direction of E.A. Schmidt, and its metapoetical tendencies reflect this background. Krasser’s main thesis is that the passages of Odes 1-3 where Horace represents himself as connected with the gods (…) form a crucial part of his self-representation as an elevated and independent poet, in a sense matched with the gods in that the poetry of the ‘Odes’ is a great achievement and can itself confer immortality. This idea differentiated the poet’s grander self-representation in ‘Odes’ from less pretentious claims in Horace’s other poems. This thesis is in general not unattractive, and is here argued with clarity and learning and with much interesting illustrative material; but, at least in the form presented here, it will not convince all readers. (…) This is an interesting work which provides much information and much food for thought (…). It is rich in bibliographical and other material on various topics, but these are not always those central to its main arguments and are in some cases unnecessary (…). Nevertheless, this is a book which asks important questions about Horace’s self-presentation in the ‘Odes’ (…) and deserves praise for its determination to find answers, even if those answers will not command universal assent.’ (S.J. HARRISON in Gnomon, 1998, pp.672-676). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Horazische Lyrik. Interpretationen. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1970. 277p. Original red cloth with dust wrps. With reading ribbon. Fore edge a little bit rust stained. 'This book contains ten interpretative articles on odes of Horace (...). There is more attempt here at real literary criticism than is normally found in the interpretation of Horace's Odes, and Pöschl holds that Classical scholars need to learn from the methods evolved for the study of modern literatures. Pöschl's writing is leisurely and discursive, but he has a real capacity for seeing these poems afresh and (...) it makes very pleasant and stimulating reading. (...) The book contains the harvest of a wide reading in ancient literature, and Pöschl contributes much to the mass of 'parallels' in Horation commentaries. The book is admirably printed and produced.' (G.W. WILLIAMS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1972, pp.272-273). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)