Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502 A second copy of the editio princeps of Sophocles, also, unusually, in a strictly contemporary alla greca binding. "The text completed printing in the summer of 1502, in the Academy of Aldo the Roman, but Aldo's dedicatory preface to Janus Lascaris, which was printed last with the front matter, speaks of the New Academicians gathered around the braziers during the subsequent winter" (Grolier/Aldus). The attribution here of the binding to a Venetian workshop named by Ilse Schunke “der Meister der hebräischen Bibel” is based on its similarities with De Marinis, La Legatura artistica in Italia, no. 1787 & Pl. 340B (see Schunke’s “Venezianische Renaissanceeinbände” in Studi di Bibliografia in onore di T. De Marinis, 1964, IV, p. 198). 8vo (168 x 97 mm). Greek type, with some Roman and italic, 30 lines plus headline. collation: α–γ8 δ4 ε–η8 θ4 ι–λ8 μ4 ν–σ8 τ10 υ–φ8 χ10 ψ–ω8 αα8 ββ4: 196 leaves (δ4, θ4, and χ10 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on ββ4v, section-titles, four-line initial spaces with guide letters. (Dampstained at lower margin and, infrequently, at fore-edge, short wormtrail repaired at top of first five quires, costing a few letters on most leaves.) binding: Venetian brown goatskin (168 x 101 mm), alla greca, wooden boards, edges cut flush and grooved, raised headcaps, ca. 1502, by Schunke's Meister der hebräischen Bibel, covers panelled with blind fillets, frame of repeated gilt arabesques within gilt fillets, gilt leaf at outer corners, gilt rosette in inner corners, centalpanel with gilt arabesque with leaf finial and small gilt knot above and below, edges painted with red and white ropework with roundel at center of each edge containing red quatrefoil. (Recased with restoration to binding at endbands and spine, regilding of leaf tools, two braided clasps lacking, edge painting obscured by damp and rubbing.) provenance: Unidentified owner, supralibros, fore-edge decoration (a shield?) — Hartung & Hartung, Auktion 116: Wertvolle Bücher, Manuskripte, Autographen, Graphik, Munich, 8–10 May 2007, lot 266. acquisition: Purchased at Hartung & Hartung via Halwas. references: UCLA 60; Adams S1438; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Grolier/Aldus 36, 37; Renouard 34/6; USTC 857020

View 1 of Lot 1432: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, Venetian brown goatskin, alla greca over grooved wooden boards, ca. 1502, by Schunke's Meister des hebräischen Bibel

sophocles, tragodiai, venice, aldo manuzio, 1502, venetian brown goatskin, alla greca over grooved wooden boards, ca. 1502, by schunke's meister des hebräischen bibel

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part V

SOPHOCLES. Σοφοκλεους Τραγωδιαι. Αἰας Μαστιγοφορος.᾽Ηλεκτρα. Οἰδιπους τυραννος. Αντιγονη. Οἰδιπους ἐπι Κολωνω. Τραχινιαι. Φιλοκτητης. Δημητριου του Τρικλινιου Περι μετρον οἰς ἐχρεσατο Σοφοκλης, Περι σχηματων, Σχολια. Paris: Adrien Turnèbe, 1553

SOPHOCLES. Σοφοκλεους Τραγωδιαι. Αἰας Μαστιγοφορος.᾽Ηλεκτρα. Οἰδιπους τυραννος. Αντιγονη. Οἰδιπους ἐπι Κολωνω. Τραχινιαι. Φιλοκτητης. Δημητριου του Τρικλινιου Περι μετρον οἰς ἐχρεσατο Σοφοκλης, Περι σχηματων, Σχολια. Paris: Adrien Turnèbe, 1553 A fine copy with a distinguished provenance. Antoine Valet (ca 1535–1607) was a physician, commentator on medical works, and poet. He states that the book was a gift to him from Pierre Forget (1554–1610), member of parliament and secretary to Kings Henri III and IV. The commentaries by Demetrius Triclinius, mentioned on the title-page, are not bound in with this copy, as often.

View 1 of Lot 1206: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Paris, 1553, Parisian orientalizing binding of dark brown morocco gilt

sophocles, tragodiai, paris, 1553, parisian orientalizing binding of dark brown morocco gilt

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502 A spectacular copy, with distinguished provenance, of the editio princeps of Sophocles—Ajax, Electra, Oedipus tyrannus, Antigone, Oedipus coloneus, Trachiniae, and Philoctetes— and the first of Aldo's Greek texts to appear in his new octavo format. "The type used in this publication is the fourth and smallest Aldine greek font, a miracle of microscopic typefounding; it is likely based on Aldus's own handwriting" (Grolier/Aldus). Francesco Griffo, Aldo's typecutter, left Aldo's employ later in the year of publication, and no new fonts were cut after this. This is also the first book in which Aldo's Greek Academy is mentioned, in both the preface and the colophon: "in Aldi Romani Academia." As mentioned in Aldus Manutius: A Legacy More Lasting the Bronze, the alla greca binding style was usually reserved for larger folios. 8vo (163 x 100 mm). Greek type, with some Roman and italic, 30 lines plus headline. collation: α–γ8 δ4 ε–η8 θ4 ι–λ8 μ4 ν–σ8 τ10 υ–φ8 χ10 ψ–ω8 αα8 ββ4: 196 leaves (δ4, θ4, and χ10 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on ββ4v, section-titles, four-line initial spaces with guide letters. (Some scattered mostly marginal foxing, minor light dampstaining at front and back, mostly confined to inner margins, tiny marginal wormholes to final three leaves.) binding: Contemporary Venetian russet goatskin(163 x 103 mm), alla greca, wooden boards, edges cut flush and grooved, raised headcaps, panelled in blind, outer frame of repeated knotwork tool, center panel within frame of repeated arabesque containing two vertical floral strips, raised headbands, smooth spine diapered in blind, without endpapers, plain edges. (Two clasps lacking, spine with some sympathetic restoration.) Brown buckram folding-case. provenance: D. Paulus Levantus, Genoa — Ludovicus de Lehman, Augsburg, inscription at foot of title-page — Baron Horace de Landau (1824–1903), bookplate with inkstamped inventory number 4144 — Eugénie Finaly (1850–1938) — Martin Breslauer, London — John Roland Abbey (1894–1969), morocco label, supralibros on folding-case; Sotheby's London, 21–23 June 1965, lot 625; purchased by — Georges Heilbrun, Paris (£625); Heilbrun, Catalogue 26 (Paris, [1966]), item 280 (FF 16,000) — Bernard Malle (1929–2008). acquisition: Purchased from Martin Breslauer Inc., New York, 1980. references: UCLA 60; Adams S1438; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Grolier/Aldus 36 (this copy), 37; Renouard 34/6; USTC 857020; for the binding: De Marinis, La Legatura artistica in Italia nei secoli XV e XVI (Florence, 1960), no. 2826

View 1 of Lot 1431: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, contemporary Venetian russet goatskin, alla greca over grooved wooden boards

sophocles, tragodiai, venice, aldo manuzio, 1502, contemporary venetian russet goatskin, alla greca over grooved wooden boards

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Sophocles Commentarii in septem tragedias Sophoclis. Rome: Ginnasio Mediceo, 1518 4to (204 x 128mm.), text in Greek, without final blank leaf, late eighteenth-century calf gilt, gilt edges, some annotations in Greek and Latin, occasional light foxing, small repair to final leaf, joints and extremities rubbed, upper joints cracked This work was printed by the Greek College Press, which had been founded in the house of the papal secretary Angelo Colocci on the Quirinal Hill, issuing a handful of Greek books between 1517 and 1520. It has been argued that the printer of these works was Vittore Carmelio, recorded in the Vatican Archives as "magister stampator Grechus", who may well have worked for Kallierges previously. LITERATURE Edit16 12875; S. Fogelmark, "The anonymous Rome 1522 Chrysoloras: a newly discovered Greek press", PBSA 97 (2003), 5-42 PROVENANCE F.G.R. (or F.E.R.?) Boghurst, given to him by Wm. Beverley(?) Esq, inscription on title-page

View 1 of Lot 163: Sophocles, Commentarii in septem tragedias Sophoclis, Rome, Ginnasio Mediceo, 1518, later calf

sophocles, commentarii in septem tragedias sophoclis, rome, ginnasio mediceo, 1518, later calf

Books and Manuscripts, Medieval to Modern

Sophocles Τραγωδιαι επτα... Tragaediae septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, in Aldi Romani Academia, August 1502 8vo (163 x 100mm.), text in Greek, FIRST LEAF OF TEXT WITH ILLUMINATED INITIAL AND BORDER, with blank leaves δ4, θ4 and χ10, woodcut Aldine device on final verso, nineteenth-century red straight-grained morocco, gilt fillet border, blind-stamped arms of George Fortescue, flat spine gilt, gilt edges EDITIO PRINCEPS, and the first of Aldus's Greek texts to appear in his new octavo format. Aldus's small Greek cursive appears in this edition for the first time; later in 1502 Francesco Griffo, Aldus's typecutter, left Aldus's employ, and no new fonts were cut after this. This is also the first book in which Aldus's Greek Academy is mentioned, in both the preface and the colophon: "in Aldi Romani Academia". LITERATURE Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Renouard 34/6; UCLA 60 PROVENANCE George Matthew Fortescue (1791-1877, the nephew of Sir Thomas Grenville), arms on binding

View 1 of Lot 210: Sophocles | Tragaediae septem, Venice, Aldus, 1502, later red morocco, first leaf illuminated, Fortescue copy

sophocles | tragaediae septem, venice, aldus, 1502, later red morocco, first leaf illuminated, fortescue copy

19th-Century Works of Art

Property of a Gentleman Charles-Auguste van den Berghe French 1798 - 1853 Climax of Sophocles oil on canvas canvas: 45 by 58in.; 114.5 by 147 cm framed: 53 by 66in.; 135 by 168 cm

climax of sophocles

Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

Sophocles Τραγωδιαι επτα... Tragaediae septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, in Aldi Romani Academia, August 1502 8vo (156 x 92mm.), text in Greek, with 3 blank leaves, woodcut Aldine device on final verso (otherwise blank), nineteenth-century green morocco over thick pasteboards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece, first four leaves repaired at foredge, first few leaves slightly foxed, occasional light staining, last two leaves with small tear and stain at foot, spine faded EDITIO PRINCEPS, and the first of Aldus's Greek texts to appear in his new octavo format. The commentaries mentioned on the title-page were not included in this edition and were later published in 1518 by the Gymnasium Mediceum, the Greek college in Rome whose press was established by Janus Lascaris, the dedicatee of Aldus's edition. Aldus's small Greek cursive appears in this edition for the first time; later in 1502 Francesco Griffo, Aldus's typecutter, left Aldus's employ, and no new fonts were cut after this. This is also the first book in which Aldus's Greek Academy is mentioned, in both the preface and the colophon: "in Aldi Romani Academia". LITERATURE: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Renouard 34/6; UCLA 60 PROVENANCE: Jo. Bapt. Rocien[-] (i.e. Jean-Baptiste Roucy?); Comte de Foy, sale, May 1926, pencil note on flyleaf

View 1 of Lot 238: Sophocles, Tragaediae septem, Venice, Aldus, 1502, later green calf

sophocles, tragaediae septem, venice, aldus, 1502, later green calf

The Library of a Greek Bibliophile: Travel books, Aldines and an important Qur’an 

SOPHOCLES Τραγωδιαι επτα... Tragaediae septem. Venice: Aldus Manutius, in Aldi Romani Academia, August 1502 8vo (151 x 88mm.), text in Greek, with 3 blank leaves, woodcut Aldine device on final verso (otherwise blank), eighteenth-century red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, manuscript note in English about copies sold in the early nineteenth century tipped onto front flyleaf, occasional light foxing, extremities very slightly rubbed EDITIO PRINCEPS, and the first of Aldus's Greek texts to appear in his new octavo format. The commentaries mentioned on the title-page were not included in this edition and were later published in 1518 by the Gymnasium Mediceum, the Greek college in Rome whose press was established by Janus Lascaris, the dedicatee of this edition. Aldus's small Greek cursive appears here for the first time; later in 1502 Francesco Griffo, Aldus's typecutter, left Aldus's employ, and no new fonts were cut after this. This is also the first book in which Aldus's Greek Academy is mentioned, in both the preface and the colophon: "in Aldi Romani Academia". LITERATURE: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Renouard 34/6; UCLA 60 PROVENANCE: George Becher Blomfield (1801-1885), armorial bookplate (his library from Mollington Hall, Cheshire, sold by Sotheby's, 10 November 1906, but this volume not found in the sale catalogue)

sophocles. tragaediae septem. venice, aldus, 1502. later red morocco gilt

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis [Greek]. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis [Greek]. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502 A fourth copy of the editio princeps of Sophocles, variant, probably first, issue. This very rare variant—the only other we can trace is in Ahmanson-Murphy Collection at the University of California, Los Angeles—does not list the plays on the title-page nor print the letter of Aldo to Janus Lascaris or the epigrams on Sophocles by Simonides, Erycius, and Dioscurides on α1v–α2r, which are here blank. It is likely that copies with these lacunae were not intended to be issued. 8vo (160 x 93 mm). Greek type, with some Roman and italic, 30 lines plus headline. collation: α–γ8 δ4 ε–η8 θ4 ι–λ8 μ4 ν–σ8 τ10 υ–φ8 χ10 ψ–ω8 αα8 ββ4: 196 leaves (δ4, θ4, and χ10 blank). ). Woodcut Aldine device on ββ4v, section-titles, four-line initial spaces with guide letters. Contemporary marginalia in Greek in two different hands (some cropped). (Some scattered foxing and staining, chiefly marginal, title-page stained and with two small holes at thin spots in lower margin.) binding: Late eighteenth-century French green crushed morocco (166 x 102 mm) in Directoire style, covers with a border of two thick gilt fillets intersecting at corners, smooth spine gilt-ruled to six compartments, the second lettered, the other gilt with urn and palm-leaf tools, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. (Extremities rubbed, spine slightly dulled.) provenance: Antoine d'Arbaud of Antibes, sixteenth-century ownership inscription repeated several times in Greek and Latin on title- and final page, e.g.: "Antonius Arbaudus Antipolitanus, 1522 decimo sexto kal. oct." acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1995. references: UCLA 60.5; Adams S1438; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Grolier/Aldus 36, 37; Renouard 34/6; USTC 857020

View 1 of Lot 1434: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, late eighteenth-century French green morocco, possibly by Derome le Jeune

sophocles, tragodiai, venice, aldo manuzio, 1502, late eighteenth-century french green morocco, possibly by derome le jeune

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

SOPHOCLES. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502

SOPHOCLES. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502 A third copy of the editio princeps of Sophocles. Bozerian bound at least two other copies of this work in similar red morocco, one for Jean-Baptiste-Théodore Sensier (b. 1779; notary in Paris from 1 October 1806 to 1 March 1821), sold at Lacoste & Galliot, Paris, "Catalogue des livres rares et précieux composant la bibliothèque de M. S*** membre de la Société des Bibliophiles Français," 15 April–5 May 1828, lot 610 ("mar. r. dent. t. d. Bozerian jeune. Très bel exempl. de cette première et rare édition"); and another for Guglielmo Bruto Icilio Tirnoleone, Count Libri (Libri-Carrucci) (1803–1869), sold at Sotheby's London, "Catalogue of the Choicer Portion of the Magnificent Library formed by M. Guglielmo Libri, 1–15 August 1859, lot 2517 ("fine copy in red morocco, gilt edges, by Bozerian Jeune"). 8vo (162 x 98 mm). Greek type, with some Roman and italic, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: α–γ8 δ4 ε–η8 θ4 ι–λ8 μ4 ν–σ8 τ10 υ–φ8 χ10 ψ–ω8 αα8 ββ4: 196 leaves (δ4, θ4, and χ10 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on ββ4v, section-titles, four-line initial spaces with guide letters. (A very little light scattered marginal staining and foxing.) Binding: Parisian straight-grained red morocco (169 x 112 mm) by Bozérian Jeune (François Bozerian; active 1802–1818), covers with border of two gilt fillets, inner corners gilt with large floral and arabesque cornerpieces on closely "pointillé" ground, spine in six compartments, second and third gilt-lettered, others with densely gilt-tooled floral sprays, sky-blue moiré linings with gilt dentelles of palmetto and vine-leaf, vellum fly-leaves, edges gilt. (Slightest rubbing to edges.) Provenance: Unidentified owner, sixteenth-century inscription "Peschens [Pesolens?]" on title-page — Charterhouse at Sens, inscription (ruled through) on title-page — unidentified owner, inscription "Amicus Tassin dabat amico de Malmain," possibly René-Prosper Tassin (1697–1777) — Martin Breslauer, Inc., New York; Catalogue 107: Italy, Part II (New York, [1984]), item 274 ($6600). Acquisition: Purchased from Martin Breslauer, Inc., New York, 1985. References: UCLA 60; Adams S1438; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Grolier/Aldus 36, 37; Renouard 34/6; USTC 857020

View 1 of Lot 287: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, Parisian straight-grained red morocco gilt by Bozérian Jeune

sophocles, tragodiai, venice, aldo manuzio, 1502, parisian straight-grained red morocco gilt by bozérian jeune

Sophocles. Sophocleous Tragodiai hepta metexegeseon [Greek]. Sophoclis Tragaediae septem cum commentariis. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, August 1502 A fifth copy of the editio princeps of Sophocles, bound for Georg von Logau. Logau was described in a "Notabilia" blog post by Robin Halwas as one of a number of "Germans who chose to continue their education at the Italian universities and became there patrons of bookbindings, sending their schoolbooks to be specially bound in the local shops. The Silesian nobleman Georg von Logau (Logus), who in the years 1519–1538 attended the universities of Bologna, Rome, Padua, and Ferrara, is known by three such bindings, two acquired by him in Bologna and the other in Venice. They compare favourably with the luxurious bindings commissioned by Logau’s better-known contemporaries, the students Nikolaus Ebeleben, Damian Pflug, and Heinrich Castell, and suggest a bibliophile of equally refined taste." The binding on one of Logau's books now in the Leipzig Stadtbibliothek—Anthologia Graeca Planudea [Greek], ed. Janus Lascaris (Florence: Laurentius (Francisci) de Alopa, Venetus, 11 August 1494); ISTC ia00765000—"was attributed by Ilse Schunke to an anonymous Bolognese shop she designated the 'Spiegel-Meister' on account of the work it executed for Dietrich (Theodor) von Spiegel, who matriculated at Bologna in 1524. Anthony Hobson renamed the shop the 'German Students’ Binder' and established that it was active from about 1520 until the mid-1530s, when its materials and clients were taken over by a shop he named the 'Pflug and Ebeleben Binder.' The bindings these two shops executed for German students typically showed the book’s title in the centre of the upper cover, and the owner’s name and often a date in the same place on the lower cover" (https://www.robinhalwas.com/n74-georg-von-logau-ca-1500-1553). Logau's Sophocles was bound in Bologna, likely in the shop of the "German Students' Binder." Bolognese binders were readily equipped with a number of portrait-bust stamps of poets. A similar binding appears in De Marinis, La Legatura Artistica in Italia nei Secoli XV e XVI, II:1779, plate 339. 8vo (162 x 99 mm). Greek type, with some Roman and italic, 30 lines plus headline. collation: α–γ8 δ4 ε–η8 θ4 ι–λ8 μ4 ν–σ8 τ10 υ–φ8 χ10 ψ–ω8 αα8 ββ4: 196 leaves (δ4, θ4, and χ10 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on ββ4v, section-titles, four-line initial spaces with guide letters. (Title-page restored at foot, with a few letters on verso supplied in manuscript, final leaf extended, some staining and soiling throughout.) binding: Bolognese brown goatskin (165 x 108 mm), ca. 1520, by the German Students' Binder, covers with border of single gilt fillet flanked by blind fillets, rectangular frame composed of three gilt fillets and multiple blind fillets, in the central compartment an inlaid rectangle of red morocco, with large gilt arabesque at each corner and groupings of three gilt ivy leaves on each side, in the center of inlay on front cover a gilt roundel with a gilt classical bust, representing the author, encircled by gilt-lettered title ΣΟΨΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑΙ with a large gilt arabesque above and below, and on rear cover a roundel composed of three concentric gilt French circles containing between the second and third the gilt-lettered name GEORGIVS LOGVS SILESIVS, inside the third, innermost circle are gilt eight stars, the head of Eolus, and a dolphin, spine in eight compartments with three full bands and four half bands gilt, respectively, with rules or hatches, traces of four pairs of fabric ties, edges gilt and gauffered edges to a ropework pattern. (Rebacked, perhaps in nineteenth-century, with restoration to spine and extremities.) Red velvet folding-case with manuscript label. binding: Georg von Logau (ca. 1495 in Schlaupitz, Herzogtum Schweidnitz–1553 in Breslau), supralibros — unidentified owner, inscription "Georgii Fasligium … Anno domini 1633" [possibly Fasliger] on front pastedown— Christian Gryphius (1649-1706), rector of the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau, inscription "Christian Gryphium [?] vratislav" and "Pariss Constat. 8 fl. A[nno] MDCLXXVII" on title-page and final page — Peter Kiefer, Auktion 63: Bücher & Graphik, Alte und Moderne Kunst, Pforzheim, 5-6 October 2007, lot 415. acquisition: Purchased from Bibliopathos, Verona, 2019. references: UCLA 60; Adams S1438; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 62; Edit16 36139; Grolier/Aldus 36, 37; Renouard 34/6; USTC 857020

View 1 of Lot 1435: Sophocles, Tragodiai, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502, Bolognese brown goatskin, ca. 1520, by the German Students' Binder

sophocles, tragodiai, venice, aldo manuzio, 1502, bolognese brown goatskin, ca. 1520, by the german students' binder

Noble & Private Collections

Joseph von Kopf German 1827 - 1903 After the Antique The Lateran Sophocles signed: Prof. KOPF, inscribed: Fond. Nelli. ROMA, and titled: SOFOCLE bronze, mid-brown patina 138cm., 54 3/8 in.

View 1 of Lot 1061: The Lateran Sophocles

the lateran sophocles

Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

giving detailed instructions about the choral and instrumental parts for Antigone, particularly in relation to the marked-up parts and score, providing information about which works are included or not; enclosing a letter to Schmidt giving further performance details; he mentions that he has given the harp part to Sterndale Bennett, who has set out for Leipzig with it, discusses the printing of the vocal parts for Paulus and a cantata by Mozart …Zu bemerken ist noch folgendes: Alle Bleistiftänderungen in der Chor-Partitur gelten nicht, die mit Tinte geschriebenen Noten sind richtig. Dagegen die Rothschriftcorrecturen, deren einige wenige sich finden, gelten. Dies sind Sie wohl so gut dem jenigen, da die Chorproben leitet, aus einander zu setzen. Gut wäre es, wenn diese Chorproben baldmöglichst anfingen, da ich die Aufführung nicht gern später als am 26ten Februar angesetzt säh… 2 pages, large 4to, integral autograph address-panel, red wax seal, Berlin, 24 January 1842

fine autograph letter signed (“felix mendelssohn bartholdy”), to the publisher kistner, about the incidental music to sophocles’ antigone (mwv m12) and the oratorio paulus (mwv a14)

The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust

folio (260 x 158mm.), Greek and Latin text, ruled in red, with blank leaf 3g4, late eighteenth-century red morocco gilt (attributed to Roger Payne on endleaf), gilt edges, somewhat spotted, title expertly cut down and extended at edges, spine slightly faded, very slight loss to head of spine

tragoediae septem. [geneva]: h. estienne, 1568

4to (246 x 150mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, with blank leaf ggg4, without final blank, ruled in red, late eighteenth-century straight-grained red morocco gilt, gilt edges, occasional light browning, annotations washed, spine slightly faded

αι επτα τραγωδιαι... tragoediae septem [edited by henri estienne, with translations into latin by joachim camerarius]. [geneva]: henri estienne, 1568

8vo (152 x 89mm.), text in Greek, with 3 blank leaves, woodcut Aldine device on final verso (otherwise blank), early nineteenth-century English red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with fillets in a geometric pattern, gilt edges, extremities slightly rubbed

τραγωδιαι επτα... tragaediae septem. venice: aldus manutius, in aldi romani academia, august 1502

Music and Continental Books and Manuscripts

8vo (148 x 88mm.), Greek text, woodcut printer's device on final verso (otherwise blank), late eighteenth-century straight-grained red morocco, gilt fillet border, gilt edges, a few leaves slightly soiled, occasional light staining, binding slightly rubbed

tragwdiai epta metexhghsewn... tragaediae septem cum commentariis. (venice: aldus, august 1502)

Old Master Paintings, European Sculpture & Antiquities

based on a 4th Century B.C. Greek original, with deeply drilled wavy beard, long moustache, deep-set eyes drilled in the inner corners, and hair bound in a fillet; mounted on a 17th/18th Century variegated colored marble draped bust.

a marble portrait head of the tragedian sophocles

Antiquities

the head (probably not belonging) after a Greek portrait of Sophocles of the early 4th Century B.C., standing with the weight on his right leg and wearing a himation falling from his left shoulder; the base, feet, forearms, tip of nose, eyebrows, back of head, and various drapery parts restored in marble.

a marble figure of sophocles, roman imperial

Music and Continental Books & Manuscripts

comprising two autograph pencil drawings, the first being a plan of the theatre in Berlin ("Plan des Berliner Theaters zur Antigone eingerichtet") with Mendelssohn's notes on the layout and stage arrangements provided in a key using the letters 'a' to'z', the second showing a view of the stage from the auditorium; below the drawings, in ink, Mendelssohn writes, on a hand-drawn stave, the first eight bars of the 'Frühlingslied', Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 no.6, and below this a signed inscription ("das ist aber nicht aus der Antigone. Sondern zum Andenken an manche frohe Gesellschaft und den ganzen frohen Aufenthalt im Frühling und an Ihren Dankbaren Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1842", 1 page, folio (33 x 26.3cm), no place, the musical quotation dated 1842, light browning to edges

comprising two autograph pencil drawings, the first being a plan of the theatre in Berlin ("Plan des Berliner Theaters zur Antigone eingerichtet") with Mendelssohn's notes on the layout and stage arrangements provided in a key using the letters 'a' to'z', the second showing a view of the stage from the auditorium; below the drawings, in ink, Mendelssohn writes, on a hand-drawn stave, the first eight bars of the 'Frühlingslied', Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 no.6, and below this a signed inscription ("das ist aber nicht aus der Antigone. Sondern zum Andenken an manche frohe Gesellschaft und den ganzen frohen Aufenthalt im Frühling und an Ihren Dankbaren Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1842", 1 page, folio (33 x 26.3cm), no place, the musical quotation dated 1842, light browning to edges ...ab Curtain and line of Proscenium   cd Scene representing Palace   x Altar to Bacchus   aeb Orchestra 5' above the floor   ab 5' above the orchestra   fg,hi Steps leading to the stage   kl, mn Steps leading to the orchestra   yz The usual limit between the orchestra and the first rows of stalls   yopz Space for the instrumentalists [translation]

autograph album-leaf containing drawings relating to the staging of sophocles's antigone in berlin, and also an autograph musical quotation from one of the composer's most famous works, the 'frühlingslied' for piano, op.62 no.6, signed ("felix mendelssohn bartholdy")

hardy, thomas. his copy of `the tragedies of sophocles'. [george bell & sons, c.1870s],...

john talbott donoghue (1853-1903) the young sophocles with his lyre, leading th

sophocles. tragwdiai epta met 'â exhghsewn. tragaediae septem cum...

william walcot (1874-1943), a tragedy of sophocles, etching and drypoint, fine...

benedetto boschetti italian, fl.1820-1870, sophocles, signed: b.boschetti roma and...

L13402

4to (214 x 160mm.), 171 leaves (of 172, without final blank leaf), α-θ λ κ-φ8 χ4, 28 lines of text, Greek type (Alopa's small capitals for the text, and lower case for the commentary), eighteenth-century green half morocco, light foxing, extremities slightly rubbed

argonautica [with the scholia of lucillus, sophocles and theon, edited by janus lascaris]. florence: laurentius francisci de alopa, 1496

2 parts in one volume, 4to (257 x 160mm.), text in Latin and Greek, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and head-pieces, early nineteenth-century straight-grained morocco gilt (attributed to Roger Payne), last leaf repaired, small hole on p.461 repaired, very slight spotting on title-page, binding slightly rubbed

tragoediae septem. [geneva]: henri estienne, 1568

after donahue: a bronze figure of the young sophocles, 20th century, standing naked...

''sophocles celebrating the victory at salamis''

4to (233 x 182mm.), 171 leaves (of 172, without final blank leaf), α-φ8 χ4, 28 lines of text, Greek type (Alopa's small capitals for the text, and lower case for the commentary), eighteenth-century vellum with the arms of Pius VI on covers, edges gilt and gauffered, light foxing, extremities slightly rubbed

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