History Peloponnesian by Thucydides, First Edition (12 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps. ; 656 pages.

Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine -. John Papdakis (illustrator). First Edition. An elegant publication published in 1998 by the The Hellenic Parliament during the term of Speaker Apostolos Chr. Laklamanis. English and Greek text. 56 pages with a colour illustration and many B&W. Nice copy with slight corner/spine wear. Due to size, extra shipping WILL be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal rate to your region. Can be picked up or delivered locally in the K-W area.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. Two Volumes. #1894 Of 2000 Copies Of This Limited Edition, Signed By The Illustrator. Fine Books, No Rubbing, In Near Fine Dust Jackets And Near Fine Slipcase With Slight Usage, And With The Limited Editions Club Newsletter In Its Printed Envelope, Laid In Loosely. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover with quarter leather binding, the book has a minor skew starting to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends, and a hint of rubbing to the covers. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean Very Good+ copy housed in a like slipcase, which has areas of moderate rubbing, slight bumps to the corners, and a touch of shelfwear along the seams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Folio (395 x 270mm) 363pp, [1]- device, [6]- blank. Original white pigskin binding with thick bands and gilt stamped titles to top two compartments. Binding by W. H. Smith & Son, stamp to rear turn-in. Edition of 260 copies on paper, an additional 20 were on vellum. The boards a little soiled and yellowd, and darkened in some places, more so at the edges, spine toned, joints with visible rubbing from opening wear, the bands and compartments with light rubbing and nicking, with a larger and more visible (but light) surface scratch to the third compartment from top. Rear endpaper a little foxed, but otherwise clean throughout, in a solid binding. Provenance: Vyvyan Edwards, bookplate to front endpaper. [Hornby, 37].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. THE FIRST EDITION IN A MODERN LANGUAGE of one of the most important historical works.*****Folio(330 X 230mm). 16 preliminary leaves, 281(CCLXXXI) leaves. Signatures: a8, e8, a-z8, A-L8, M10(the final blank, lacking). Contemporary blind-stamped calf(likely an old remboitage). Apart from a few minor stains and a tiny worm track in the bottom margin of the last quire, the interior is in quite clean, lovely condition. Near Fine. Elaborate woodcut border on the title page with contemporary ownership entry crossed out. Various notes on the pastedowns including a very cool contemporary one in French stating,"Today this book belongs to my lord Jacques du Faux, a cloth merchant." A beautifully printed, wide-margined copy of an important and very rare book. *** The study of Thucydides was part of the Renaissance tradition of turning to Greek and Roman historians to solve the problems of modern politics. Italian humanist and priest, Lorenzo Valla, made the first known Latin translation of Thucydides in 1452. The editio princeps of Thucydides was printed by Aldus in 1502. Claude de Seyssel(1450-1520), the bishop of Marseilles and later Archbishop of Turin, was the first to put the History of the Peloponnesian War into a modern language using Valla s Latin edition. In the prologue, he states that this is one of the translations he has done for the use of King Louis XII, who had found in the Ancients useful lessons for a modern monarch. This book was printed by order of his successor, King Francis I, who was said to have carried it with him into war. The famed printer, Jodocus Badius, was contracted to produce 1225 copies on paper and a few on vellum. In the fifty years following this edition, Thucydides was translated and re-translated into several modern languages. The first English translation, based on this French edition, wouldn t appear until 1550 by Cambridge scholar Thomas Nicolls. Thomas Hobbes well-known translation from the Greek text would appear even later in 1629. No other copies of this book appear in sales records since the early 1950s. Scarce.***** One of the greatest ancient historians, Thucydides(c.460 B.C. c.400 B.C.) chronicled nearly 30 years of war and tension between Athens and Sparta. His History of the Peloponnesian War set a standard for scope, concision, and accuracy that makes it a defining text of the historical genre. Unlike his near-contemporary Herodotus(author of the other great ancient Greek work, The Histories), Thucydides topic was his own time. He relied on the testimony of eyewitnesses and his own experiences as a general during the war. Though specific in detail, the questions he addressed were timeless: What makes nations go to war? How can politics elevate or poison a society? What is the measure of a great leader or a great democracy? It took several generations for Thucydides to attain his now-unassailed place as one of the greatest historians of all time. Aristotle, who lived a few decades later and wrote about the same era, never mentions him. By the first century B.C. writers such as Cicero declared him as a great historian. Over the next centuries, numerous copies were made of the work, ensuring its survival past the dark ages. After the Renaissance, political philosophers from Thomas Hobbes to Friedrich Nietzsche extolled Thucydides clear vision and realist s grasp of politics and warfare. (A&E)*** In these difficult times, perhaps some inspiration can be gleaned from Pericles famed Funeral Oration for fallen Athenian soldiers(a speech which was possibly a model for Lincoln s Gettysburg Address). Our democracy can only survive if citizens of good will come together for the greater good of the nation. Tolerance, respect for our fellow citizens, and commitment to freedom can be the bulwark against annihilators of truth and fear mongers seeking to corrupt our institutions.***Please email us for better pricing.

Condition: Very Fine. A very fine, clean and tight copy in slipcase. First Folio Edition. A nice copy in unread condition.

Condition: Fine. A. Tassos (illustrator). Limited Edition's Club. A very nice slipcase set. Published by The Limited Edition's Club. Two Volumes in fine, clean and tight condition. No fading to spines. No bumped corners or edges. Signed by the artist with wood block prints; A Tassos, Copy 1595/2000 copies. Slip case is very tight with no splits to edges. Shows only modest wear to corners. [See Pict's].

Condition: Good. London: Printed by John Watts, 1753. 1st edition of this translation. Volume 1. Sm 4to. lxxxiii,308pp. Map. Good book. Spine ends worn. About 1/2-inch of front board joint burned (?) off. Owner's name on pastedown. Writing inside. (Greece, Peloponnesian War, ancient history) Inquire if you need further information.

First edition of one one of the greatest of classic historical works. Folio, bound in 19th century full vellum, morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, title-page with elaboarate historiated woodcut border. In very good condition with light toning to the text. Rare and desirable in this condition. âThe standards and methods of Thucydides as a contemporary historian have never been bettered. He began work at the very start of the events he records, and the penetration and concentration which he devoted to his account of the âPeloponnesian Warâ (the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C.) were based on the conviction that it would prove the most important event in Greek history⦠He saw his history as a source of profit to âthose who desire an exact knowledge of the past as a key to the future, which in all probability will resemble the past.â It was in this sense⦠that he called it⦠âa possession forever.â This is exactly what it has becomeâ (PMM 102).