Mythology

London: John Murray. Good+. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in bown cloth with two spine labels. (lxxxvi) & 527pp. Illustrated with a tissue protected portrait frontispiece. "INDIAN TEXT SERIES, KASHMIRI STORIES AND SONGS RECORDED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PANDIT GOVIND KAUL. BY SIR AUREL STEIN AND EDITED WITH A TRANSLATION, LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS, VOCABULARY, & INDEXES BY SIR GEORGE GRIERSON WITH A NOTE ON THE FOLKLORE OF THE TALES BY W. CROOKE". Tiny pin holes mainly in the bottom margin of the first few pages; last few pages are lightly foxed. Asia, India ; Portrait Frontispiece; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages .

1599 Lycophron Alexandra Greek Poem Byzantine Mythology Scaliger Meursius ELZEVIR

Lycophron was Greek poet whose poem 'Alexandra' one of very few surviving works of the Hellenistic poet. This poem tells the prophetic stories of Cassandra in Greek mythology and the fortunes of city of Troy and Trojan heroes. This poem was one of the earliest written accounts of Alexander the Great with references to his uniting Asia and Europe as a world power.

This 1599 Elzevier edition was edited with commentary by Joannes Meursius and his instructor Joseph Scaliger, who was well known for his commentary and critical notes of classic texts such as Aristotle, Julius Caesar, and the New Testament.

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LYCOPHRON
Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra. Poëma obscurum. J. Meursius recensuit et libro commentario illustravit. Altera editio aucta et innovata. Accessit J. Scaligeri ... versio centum locis emendatior
Lugduni Batavorum: ex officinâ Ludovici Elzevirii, 1599.

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1593 Flaccus Latin Dictionary Festus Palazzo Farnese ROME Mythology gods RARE

Verrius Flaccus was a 1st century Roman grammarian who published the very first alphabetical Latin dictionary. This work was notable for becoming the basis for Sextus Pompeius Festus's 'Lexicon', a work that was edited and compiled sometime during the 2nd century. This work is a collection of Latin words in which Flaccus and Festus provide the etymology of words, definitions, use in language, and references in Roman mythology.

This late 16th-century edition was edited by French scholar Joseph Scaliger. Scaliger includes commentary on notes on various lesser Roman gods as well as commentary on the orations of Cicero.

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FLACCUS, Marcus Verrius
M. Verrii Flacci qvæ extant. Et Sex. Pompei Festi de verborum significatione, libre XX. Cum vetusto Bibliothecæ Farnesianæ exemplari Romæ nuper edito, collati: ex quo lacunæ pene omnes sunt suppletæ. In eos libros Ant. Augustini annotationes, ex… Read More

1674 Boccalini Parnassus Greek Mythology English Satire Italian Authors Monmouth

Trajano Boccalini was a 16th-century Italian author known for his most important work "Ragguagli di Parnaso". This work is a story on mythology in which he satirizes the works and lives of other Italian authors through the lens of Apollo. This 1674 English edition was translated by Henry Carey of Monmouth.

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BOCCALINI, Traiano
I ragguagli di Parnasso; or Advertisements from Parnassus: in two centuries. WIth the Politik touchstone.
London: Printed and are to be sold by Tho. Guy, 1674.

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1589 1ed SCORPIONS Conrad Gessner Schlangenbuch Dragons Monsters Reptiles

Scorpions… Monsters!... DRAGONS!!
Conrad Gessner was an iconic 16th-century scholar who is best remembered for his early treatises on animal science. While other 16th-century works of natural science existed in this era, few were written to expose the reality and existence of dragons! Gessner's "Schlangenbuch" is one of the earliest and certainly the best works describing reptiles as a whole. The term 'dragon' was used to describe any sort of snake, scorpion, or slithering reptile.
First published in 1587, 'Schlangenbuch' was a comprehensive guide to dragons and the myths and folktales that were associated with such reptiles. This section of the work is focused primarily on the scorpion, complete with one of the earliest printed woodcuts of the scorpion!
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GESSNER, Conrad
Schlangenbüch… De scorpione : Kurtze beschreybung deß Scorpions, aiß deß
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1805 Japanese Samurai Mythology Fox Spirits Demons Illustrated Siren 3 Dynasties

A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Tale of the Siren of Three Dynasties". "Ehon Sangoku Yōfuden" was written by Takai Ranzan and illustrated by Teisai Hokuba. This book is about the Japanese mythological figure Tamamo-no-Mae, a legendary fox spirit in Japanese mythology, who was a courtesan under the 12th century Emperor Konoe of Japan. The artist, Teisai Hokuba, was one of Hokusai's best disciples.

This rare, handwritten biography is written in a column handwritten format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of scenery, ships, samurai, fox hunts, fox demons, deaths, court meetings, and more!

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Takai Ranzan (高井蘭山)
Tale of the Siren of Three Dynasties (Ehon Sangoku Yōfuden) 絵本三国妖婦伝（えほんさんごくようふでん）
[Kyōto: Bunka 2 1805]

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Very good complete copy of this suite of 271 engraved plates of antique gems.
First Dutch edition in Latin, printed in Amsterdam, 1685. (First Italian-language edition published in Rome in 1657).
The designs by Leonard Agostini (Leonardo Augustino), engraved by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, original descriptive Italian text by Giovanni Bellori, the noted Italian antiquary, translated into Latin by Jacob Groenhoven (Jacobo Gronovio).
Two parts bound in one with all 271 engraved plates: engraved portrait of Agostini as frontispiece, second engraved allegorical frontispiece depicting Romulus and Remus, 217 plates in Part I numbered 1-3 and 1-214, 51 plates in Part II numbered 1-51, title page and divisional half-title with engraved vignette present in each part.
In conjunction with Bellori, Agostini published Gemme antiche figurate in two volumes in Rome in 1657 and 1669. The first part was devoted entirely to Cardinal Barberini's collection, which Agostini had assembled for the papal nephew, and the… Read More

Very good copy of FK Forberg's study of classical erotica, with 20 fine monochrome plates.No. 210, of 340 examples on velin de cuve des Papeteries d'Arches, out of a total imprint of 500 copies.Allegorical frontispiece with Venus, Cupid, Pan and Nereid, including a portrait of Forberg, and 19 illustrations by Paul Avril engraved by Théophile Fillon.Chapter headings include de la Futution, de la Pedication, de l'Irrumation, de la Masturbation, des Cunnilinges, des Tribades, du Coit avec des Betes, des Postures spintriennes. The explicit illustrations depict the missionary position, masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, orgies, gay sex, Sappho on Lesbos, a Saturnalia, sodomy, Tiberius and the fishes, bestiality, etc., while the text provides literary examples from Virgil, Sappho, Ovid, Martial, Herodotus, etc. Freidrich Karl Forberg (1770-1848), was a German philosopher and classical scholar, while working as a school headmaster and director of the Saxon State Library. His philosophical writings are now… Read More

1560 GREEK Heliodorus ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt Persia Aethiopica Italian Venice
A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus's only known work, 'Aethiopica'. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from 'Aethiopica' and used them in his famous book 'Jerusalem Delivered'.
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HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca
Historia di Heliodoro delle cose ethiopiche
In Vinegia : Appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1560.

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· Language: Italian

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15.5cm x 10.5cm)

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1651 OVID Metamorphoses Greek & Roman Mythology ART Furious Roland Aeneid Paris

"I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth."
― Ovid, Metamorphoses
Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' is one of the most famous works of Greek and Roman mythology and history of the 1st-century. It is known to have inspired the works of Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and even Shakespeare as well as works of visual art and music. This epic poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the death of Julius Caesar with accounts of famous mythological figures such as Jason, Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Achilles, Ulyesses, and even the fall of Troy!
This 1651 Berthelin edition was published in Rouen and features 15 exquisite, full-page engravings and translated into French by Renouard. In addition to 'Metamorphoses' the Metamorphoses Discourses, this book contains Ovid's revisions of the Aeneid
and Orlando Furioso.
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1647 Juvenal SATIRES 1st English ed Stoic Philosophy Stapylton Mythology ROME

"Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown."
― Juvenal, The Satires

A rare 1647 English printing of 'The Satires' of Juvenal and. This collection of satirical poetry was written in the late 1st and 2nd centuries and discuss society, social norms, irony, each of these providing insight to the morals and values of Roman life at the time. Juvenal outlines many of the concerns he has with Roman citizens including unfaithfulness and greed; issues he recognized as downfalls to society. Many of the satires include references to Greek and Roman mythology.

This 1647 was the first complete English edition of the works of Juvenal – the sixteen satires. In 1644, at the height of the English Civil War, Robert Stapylton published the first six, but finished the collection in 1647.

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JUVENALIS, (Decimus Junius)

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1770 INCREDIBLE Ovid Metamorphoses Greek Mythology Illustrated 150 Woodcut FOLIO

"I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth."
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' is one of the most famous works of Greek and Roman mythology and history of the 1st-century. This epic poem recounts the history of the world from creation to the death of Julius Caesar with accounts of famous mythological figures such as Jason, Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice, Achilles, Ulysses, and even the fall of Troy!

This impressive, and rather obscure German edition of Ovid was printed in German in the second half of the 18th-century. Interestingly, this large, oblong edition features 150 full-page engravings depicting scenes from the story, each with German and Latin descriptions.

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OVID, P Naso

Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV., Oder: Funfzehn Bücher der… Read More

1599 Claudius Aelianus Varia Historia Greco-Roman History Greek Mythology Latin

Claudius Aelianus was a 2nd-century Roman orator known for his lessons in Greek and works that describe Greco-Roman lifestyle and worldviews. Only two of his works have survived, one being 'Varia Historia' – a collection of anecdotes, maxims, biographical sketches, and reports of natural wonders. Aelianus describes mythological heroes, living rulers and Caesars, Olympic athletes, religious beliefs, funeral customs, Greek art, fishing techniques, serpent and animal worship, styles of dress and costumes, and the lives of Greek and Roman playwrights.

'Varia Historia' is generally considered to be a 3rd-century work, even though the first edition was not printed until 1545. This 1599 Latin edition was published in Geneva by Jean de Stoer.

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AELIANUS, Claudius

Aeliani Variae historiae libri XIIII ; item, Rerumpublicarum descriptiones ex Heraclide

[Genève]: Jacob Stoer, 1599.

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1609 HOMER Odyssey GREEK Trojan War Iliad RARE Geneva Classical Mythology

"Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man."
― Homer, The Odyssey

An incredibly rare and impressive 17th-century printing of Homer's 'Odyssey'. Like the 'Iliad', this work focuses on Greek mythological heroes, their military conquests, and involvement in the Trojan War.

This very rare, early 17th-century edition of Homer's "Odyssey" was printed in Greek. Published in 1609 in Geneva, this work is exceedingly rare with no examples found for sale.

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HOMER

Odyssea id est de rebus ab Ulysse gestis ejusdem Batrachomyomachia, Hymni & Epigrammata

[Geneva]: Apud Iohan. Vignon. 1609.

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· Language: Greek
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.75in X 3.25in (12cm x 8.5cm)

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1626 GREEK Heliodorus ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt FAMED Lasne 52 Full-Page ART

A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus's only known work, 'Aethiopica'. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from 'Aethiopica' and used them in his famous book 'Jerusalem Delivered'.

This highly collectable 1626 French edition is one of the most desirable editions of this work. Titled 'Les Amours de Theagene et Chariclee', this printing contains 52 beautiful, full-page engravings of famed French engraver Michel Lasne.

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HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

Les amours de Theagene et Chariclee : histoire Aethiopique de Heliodore

A Paris: chez Samuel Thiboust au Palais en la galerie des prisonniers, 1626.

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o [20], 806 (i.e., 790), [18]
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