Valckenaer Commentary (2 results)

Hardcover. Octavo, xxviii, 444 pages. In Good condition. Half bound in brown leather with paste paper boards. Spine has gilt lettering. Boards have cracking along joint edges, bending and chipping to corners, leaving the boards visible, and mild peeling to paste paper. Textblock has an old library label on the front pastedown, and a black ink stamp from the same institution on the titlepage. Pencil and ink annotations to end pages, titlepage, and scattered throughout; minor residual ink to page 181 which is not significantly impeding legibility. Mild age toning, stains, and foxing scattered throughout, and red speckling to the edges. Text in Greek and Latin. Shelved in Room G. 1395632. Special Collections.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 27 cm. xxviii, 322, [18]. 1/4 brown leather, title-label, four raised bands, fleur-de-lis gilt stamping over paper boards. Greek text en-face w/ Latin by Georgio Ratallero. Latin commentary in two columns. "Ex-typographia Dammeana." "Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (Leeuwarden, 7 June 1715 - Leiden, 15 March 1785), Dutch classical scholar at Leiden. He was a follower of Tiberius Hemsterhuis, and his successor in 1766 in the chair of Greek at Leiden." Extra international postage required.