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E. J. Brill. Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Overall set is in Fine condition. Very minor scuffing. ; Contains Metrica of Hero / Heron of Alexandria with text, reproduction of the manuscript, scholia and commentaries. ; Janus Supplements; Contains a facsimile of the manuscript and Greek text + translation and commentary of this text on Geometry .

Harvard University Press. Very Good. 1998. Softcover. 0674175700 . Minor shelfwear. Spine sunned. ; 272 pages; Sacrifice--ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued--is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason for these practices? Something that might explain why religions of so many different cultures share so many rituals and concepts? In this extraordinary book, one of the world's leading authorities on ancient religions explores the possibility of natural religion--a religious sense and practice naturally proceeding from biological imperatives. Because they lack later refinements, the earliest religions from the Near East, Israel, Greece, and Rome may tell us a great deal about the basic properties and dynamics of religion, and it is to these cultures that Walter Burkert looks for answers. His book takes us on an intellectual adventure that begins some 5,000 years ago and plunges us into a fascinating… Leer más

Harvard University Press. Very Good+. 1998. Softcover. 0674175700 . Minor shelfwear. ; 272 pages; Sacrifice--ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued--is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason for these practices? Something that might explain why religions of so many different cultures share so many rituals and concepts? In this extraordinary book, one of the world's leading authorities on ancient religions explores the possibility of natural religion--a religious sense and practice naturally proceeding from biological imperatives. Because they lack later refinements, the earliest religions from the Near East, Israel, Greece, and Rome may tell us a great deal about the basic properties and dynamics of religion, and it is to these cultures that Walter Burkert looks for answers. His book takes us on an intellectual adventure that begins some 5,000 years ago and plunges us into a fascinating world of… Leer más

Early English Text Society. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0197222684 . Very light rubbing to boards. Scholar's name to ffep (Peter H. Salus) else Fine. Minor edgewear with rubbing to DJ. One small closed tear to top of back panel (1.5 cm). ; Early English Text Society No. 265; Vol. 1; 652 pages; Guy de Chauliac (ca. 1300 – 25 July 1368) was a French physician and surgeon who wrote a large and influential treatise on surgery, titled in Latin Chirurgia Magna. It was translated into many other languages (including English circa 1425) and widely read by physicians in late medieval Europe. .

E. J. Brill. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Very faint shelfwear. ; Janus Supplements 4; 192 pages .

Artemis & Winkler. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 3760815103 . Book is fine. DJ has faint chipping and rubbing. ; Text in German, Ancient Greek and Latin. ; Sammlung Tusculum; 530 pages .

The George Banta Publishing Company. Very Good. 1929. Softcover. Spine lightly browned. Tear to bottom of spine (2 cm) with chipping. Clean text. ; Contents: Nature of the Dolphin; Types of the Dolphin in Art. Conventions in the Representation of the Dolphin in Art; Dolphin in Minoan Art; Helladic and Cycladic Art. The Art of Cyprus; Geometric Art; The Dophin in Legend and Literature; Dolphin in Art and in Archaeological Remains of Historical Periods of Greece and Rome. ; Dissertation 1927; 135 pages .

Ashgate. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2013. Hardcover. 1409424235 . This volume centers on dreams in Greek medicine from the fifth-century B. C. E. Hippocratic Regimen down to the modern era. Medicine is here defined in a wider sense than just formal medical praxis, and includes non-formal medical healing methods such as folk pharmacopeia, religion, ’magical’ methods (e. G. , amulets, exorcisms, and spells) , and home remedies. This volume examines how in Greek culture dreams have played an integral part in formal and non-formal means of healing. The papers are organized into three major diachronic periods. The first group focuses on the classical Greek through late Roman Greek periods. Topics include dreams in the Hippocratic corpus; the cult of the god Asclepius and its healing centers, with their incubation and miracle dream-cures; dreams in the writings of Galen and other medical writers of the Roman Empire; and medical dreams in popular oneirocritic texts, especially the… Leer más

The American Philosophical Society. Very Good. 1965. Softcover. Previous owner's name on title-page. Minor creasing to corners of wraps and along spine. ; An extensive table of regular sexagesimals and their reciprocals printed as an aid to Babylonian mathematical cuneiform texts. ; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society New Series - Volume 55, Part 8; 38 pages .

University of California Press. Very Good+. 1981. Softcover. 0520041275 . Faint shelfwear. ; 224 pages .

Fondation Hardt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 2600007571 . Very light shelfwear to DJ. ; Entretiens Sur L'Antiquité Classique Tome LVII; 406 pages .

Cornell University Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801414652 . Light pencilling to a few pages. Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep (Robert Brown). DJ has a couple of small tears and light chipping. DJ has a bit of creasing. ; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; 400 pages .

A.B. Akademiska Bokhandeln / Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz. Very Good-. 1917. Softcover. Spine and parts of wraps browned. Chipping and small tears to spine ends. Light creasing. Upper front corner creased and a little worn. Pages unopened. ; Studies in German on Erotianus / Herodianus who wrote a treatise on Collection of Hippocratic words ; Arbeten Utgifna Med Understöd Af Vilhelm Ekmans Universitetsfond, Uppsala 19.; 574 pages .

Gerald Duckworth & Co. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0715626515 . Book is fine. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; 222 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521320852 . 202 pages; For more than two thousand years, almost all doctors in the West used bloodletting to treat a great variety of diseases and conditions. In an attempt to find out why they acted thus, Dr Brain has translated the three works on bloodletting by the second-century physician Galen, which provide by far the most comprehensive account of the practice in antiquity. This is the first published version of these works in a modern language. After a brief summary of Galen's medical system, the author goes on to consider the origins of Galen's ideas and methods, with particular reference to the Hippocratic writings, and the question why Galen, in common with most of the ancient physicians, believed in the efficacy of the comedy. The effects of bloodletting are considered in terms of modem physiology and medicine, and the possibility is explored that it may indeed have been beneficial in… Leer más

Oxford Clarendon Press. Good. 1964. Hardcover. Coffee? Stains to front wrapper. Tanning to pages. 1/2 cm tear along side of textblock. Minor Creasing to spine. ; Stapled Booklet. Signed by Author: "Professor + Mrs Wallace, with happy memories of Toronto - Douglas Young" on first page. ; The Classical Quarterly (Extract from New Series Volume XIV. No. 1. May 1964) ; 23 pages; Signed by Author .

Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Minor discoloration from shelfwear to boards. Light browning to inner covers. Very light edgewear to corners. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of the greek kingdom in the eastern mediterranean; marmara region; islands of the aegean; dodecanese. ; 381 pages .

Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps. Call numbers and pocket have been removed. Minor discoloration to boards. Stamp to ffep. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of the greek kingdom in the eastern mediterranean; marmara region; islands of the aegean; dodecanese. ; 381 pages .

C. H. Beck. Very Good+. 2008. Softcover. 3406562523 . Faint foxing to top of textblock else book is fine. ; 127 pages .

Oxford Clarendon Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual library stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light foxing to endpapers. Top of spine is chipped. Tear along one side of spine cover but holding. Spine is discolored. Former owner's name on ffep. Slight wear to corners. Slight rubbing to boards. ; Scarce. Birds in Greek literature and folklore identified (where possible). English and Greek text, plus some Latin and French descriptions. ; 205 pages .