21. [Homer] Bothe, Friedrich Heinrich.

[The Odyssey] Homeri Carmina. Recognovit et Explicuit Fridericus Henricus Bothe: “Odysseae” – Volumen Primum. Lib. I – VIII / “Odysseae” Volumen Alterum. Lib. IX – XVI / “Odysseae” Volumen Tertium, Lib. XVII-XXIV. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni. Epigrammata et Fragmenta Carminum Epicorum. / Epigrammata.

Three Volumes plus Epigrammata in One Volume [complete]. Leipzig, Hahn, 1834-1835. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: 272 pages / Volume II: 272 pages / Volume III: 358 pages / Epigrammata with continued pagination – pages [359] – page 552. Hardcover / Very decorative, original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. Unusually excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear and the front board only minimally starting.

22. [Homer] Cowper, William.

The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, by the Late William Cowper, Esq. In Four Volumes (Complete set of the Third Edition) / [Plus: Uniformly bound: “The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq. – With Remarks on Epistolary Writers, by William Hayley, Esq. – A new Edition].

Eight Volumes in Total (complete set of Iliad, Odyssey and Life of Cowper). London / Chichester, Printed for J.Johnson, St.Paul’s Churchyard, 1809. Large Octavo (15 cm wide x 24.5 cm high). Pagination of Four Volumes of The Iliad and Odyssey: Volume I: XLII, 506 pages / Volume II: 462 pages / Volume III: 352 pages / Volume Four: 343 pages // Pagination of “The Life of and Letters of William Cowper”: Volume I: Portrait-Frontispiece, 399 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume II: 441 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume III: 458 pages plus 10 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume IV: 460 pages plus 4 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. ALl Volumes firm with some minor cracks to the bottom of the spine of Volume II of the Homer (no effect on the usage of the Volume) / Some splitting to half of the spine of Volume I of Cowper’s Life. Overall a very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All eight Volumes in firm condition. A stunning set ! From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

23. [Homer] Kirk, G.S.

The Language and Background of Homer – Some Recent Studies and Controversies. Selected and introduced by G.S.Kirk, Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Professor of Classics, Yale University.

Cambridge / New York, Heffer / Barnes & Noble, 1967. Octavo. XVI, 159 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. [Homer] Korfmann, Prof.Dr. Dr. Manfred / Mannsperger, Prof.Dr. Dietrich P.

Troia / Wilusa – General Background and A Guided Tour. Prepared by the Director of the Excavations. English Translation by Jean D.Carpenter Efe.

Enlarged and revised Edition. Tuebingen, Canakkale-Tuebingen Troia Vakfi [Foundation], 2007. Octavo. 150 pages plus colourful fold-out map to the rear. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Homer] Macurdy, Grace Harriet.

Troy and Paeonia – With Glimpses of Ancient Balkan History and Religion. By Grace Harriet Macurdy, Professor of Greek in Vassar College.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1925. Large Octavo. XI, 259 pages. Original Hardcover / Decorative Publisher’s half-cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Gutter to front free endpaper slightly defect.

26. [Homer] Murray, Gilbert / Alington, The Rev. Cyril / Pearson, A.C. / Fisher, H.A.L. / Rawlinson, A.E.J. / Lightfoot, R.H. / Miss Edith Crowdy.

Proceedings of the Hellenic Travellers’ Club 1929. [With Essays about the Greek World like: “Homer through the Ages” by E.E.Skies / “Ithaca and Santa Maura” by Canon Richards / “The Problem of St.John in Patmos” / “What Christianity owes to Greece” etc.].

Uxbridge / Ealing, Printed by King & Hutchins, 1929. Octavo. Pagination: Frintispiece [″A Greek Dancing Class on the Acropolis”, 202, VII, [1] pages. With many photographs throughout the Volume. Hardcover / Original full cloth with gilt elttering on spine and front board. Binding with some minor damages, spine fragile. The Volume general firm and overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. [Homer] Webster, T.B.L.

From Mycenae to Homer – A study in early Greek literature and art.

London / Totowa [New Jersey], Methuen & Co. / Rowman and Littlefield, 1977. Octavo. XVI, 333 pages plus a section with 38 photographic illustrations of ancient greek archaeological finds (Vases etc.) on 24 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. Hooke, Nathaniel.

The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth [with the printed Dedication to Alexander Pope]. Illustrated with 17 folding Maps, 4 Fontispieces and 11 other Plates [32 copper-engravings in total].

The Fourth Edition. Four Volumes (complete set with all maps and plates). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson; Hawkins and T.Longman, 1766 – 1771. Quarto (27 cm x 22 cm). Collation: Volume I: Frontispiece, XLVI, XLVI, 634 pages with 10 plates and 3 maps / Volume II: Frontispiece, XXXII, XXXII, 668 pages with 8 maps / Volume III: Frontispiece, VI, 694 pages with 5 maps / Volume IV: Frontispiece, VII, 464 pages plus 76 unnumbered pages of a General Index and 1 plate and 1 map. Hardcover / Original 18th-century leather with gilt lettering and labels on spine. Interior of this set with all maps and illustrations in excellent, very clean condition. The boards of the bindings with abrasions and some bumping but overall very firm. Some stronger peeling of the leather on board of Volume I, Only three pages with minor tears. The large map of Northern Africa (Palestine, Egypt and Libya) with a minor tear. The stunning maps and plates in timeless beauty. Highly underestimated work, in the shadow of Gibbon but with meticulous detail in presenting the geographical impact of the Roman Conquest. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

29. [Lancelot, Claude] Nugent, Thomas.

A New Method of learning with facility the Greek Tongue : Containing Rules for the Declensions, Conjunctions, Resolution of Verbs, Syntax, Quantity, Accents, Dialects, And Poetic Licence. Digested in the clearest and concisest order. With Variety of solid remarks, necessary for the attaining A complete knowledge of this language; And for understanding the Greek writers. Translated from the French of the Messieurs de Port-Royal, And improved by Thomas Nugent, LL.D.

A New Edition, carefully revised and corrected. London, Printed for Wingrave, in the Strand, Successor to Mr. Nourse, 1808. Octavo. XXX, [10], 476 pages. Hardcover / Original, full leather, with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Upper hinge slightly split. Besides a minor discoloration to the front board, in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

30. Livy / Titus Livius.

Historiarum quod exstat, cum integris Joannis Freinshemii [Johann Freinsheim] Supplementis. Emendatioribus & suis locis collocatis, Tabulis Geographicis & copioso Indice. Recensuit notulis auxit Joannes Clericus [Jean Le Clerc, also Johannes Clericus].

Amsterdam / Utrecht, Henric Wetstenius / Willem van de Water, 1710. Small Octavo. Volume I: Frontispice, [30 unnumbered pages], 455 pages / Volume II: Frontispice, 490 pages / Volume III: Frontispice, 470 pages / Volume IV: Frontispice, 446 pages / Volume V: Frontispice, 460 pages (page 161 loosely inserted) / Volume VI: Frontispice, 495 pages / Volume VII: Frontispice, 506 pages / Volume VIII: Frontispice, 496 pages / Volume IX: Frontispice, 504 pages / Volume X [being Geographia Liviani – complete with [all called for] 14 folded maps: Frontispice, several folded maps and Index, 363 pages plus ‘Tabularum Geographicarum’. Hardcover / Original, contemporary vellum with manuscript title to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and new endpapers and minor repairs to Volume I. One page loosened. Exlibris / Armorial Bookplate of Daniel Conner to pastedown of each Volume. All the allegorical frontispices in excellent condition. The folded maps in breathtaking condition (see images for each map on our website).