Classical literature.

Herodotus. Historiarum libri XI. Amsterdam: Pieter Schouten, 1763, folio (430 x 250mm.), large paper copy, Greek and Latin text, engraved frontispiece, double-page engraved plate, nineteenth-century straight-grained red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, the Beckford-Gennadius-Clements copy,  extremities slightly rubbed, a few scrapes on lower cover
La Mothe Fenelon, F. de Salignac de. Les avantures de Telemaque... nouvelle edition. Amsterdam: J. Wetstein & G. Smith, Rotterdam: J. Hofhout, 1734, 4to, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 24 plates, eighteenth-century red morocco, triple gilt fillet border, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 381], N2 torn at lower corner (not affecting text), some spotting, extremities slightly rubbed
Hesiod. Quae supersunt [edited by Thomas Robinson]. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1737, 4to, Greek and Latin text, engraved frontispiece portrait, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, the Gennadius-Clements copy, extremities rubbed, joints worn
Plutarch. Les oeuvres... traduites du grec par Jacques Amyot. Paris: J.-B. Cussac, 1783-1805, 25 volumes, 8vo, 22 engraved plates, contemporary speckled calf gilt, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 810], a few plates slightly spotted, lower cover of vol.13 torn, some boards detached, extremities slightly rubbed
Ovidius Naso, Publius. Les metamorphoses... de la traduction de M. l'Abbe Banier. Paris: Le Clerc, Bailly, Delalain, 1767-1771, 4 volumes, 4to, parallel text in Latin and French, engraved additional title-page, dedication, 140 (47+33+37+23) plates, and headpieces, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 770], extremities slightly rubbed, two spines chipped at head
Sophocles. Theatre... traduit... par M. de Rochefort. Paris: Nyon, 1788, 2 volumes, 4to (254 x 190mm.), large paper copy, contemporary speckled calf gilt, spines gilt in compartments, extremities slightly rubbed, spines chipped



and 5 others; a full listing is available on www.sothebys.com

Herodotus provenance: sale of the Beckford Library in these rooms, 3 July 1882, lot 730, pencil inscription on half-title "B[ough]t at the Gennadius sale at Sothebys April 2^nd 1895", sale in these rooms, 2 April 1895, lot 1464, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, Killadoon, Ireland, sale in these rooms, 4 July 1966, lot 137, bookplate of Stephanos Caratheodory

Hesiod provenance: inscription on half-title "B[ough]t at the Gennadius sale at Sothebys April 3rd 1895", sale in these rooms, 3 April 1895, lot 749, bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, Killadoon, Ireland, sale in these rooms, 4 July 1966, lot 138, bookplate of Stephanos Caratheodory

The other books in this lot are:

Ovidius Naso, Publius. Traduction des Fastes... par M. Bayeux. Rouen: Boucher, 1783-1788, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, contemporary speckled calf, [Cohen-de Ricci 775], extremities slightly rubbed, joints cracked (one repaired), a few spines chipped

Firmin-Didot, A. Alde Manuce et l'Hellénisme à Venise. Paris, 1875, 8vo, morocco-backed boards

Stephanos Caratheodory (d. 1907) was the father of Constantin, and was appointed Ottoman Ambassador to Belgium in 1875.