(Classics, Ancient Greece, Rome.) A collection of 15 works i...

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(Classics, Ancient Greece, Rome.) A collection of 15 works including Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius: 'Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii Opera.', Birmingham, Johannis Baskerville, 1772, 176pp, ownership signature John Barlow Feb. 1882." at head of title page, (possibly John Barlow 1857-1932, Liberal Party Politician?), with numerous manuscript pen & ink and pencil notes to margins and text throughout, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, Rev. Robert Bland; J.H. Merivale (ed.): 'Collections from the Greek Anthology', London, Longman, 1833, new edition, inscribed by the editor on FFEP, contemporary cloth worn, majority others ex Repton School library, including G.T. Griffith: 'The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World', Cambridge University Press, 1935, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, very scarce, Dr. Henry Schliemann: 'Mycenae; A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns', London, John Murray, 1878, 1st UK edition, 21 plates (some folding) + 4 colour plates of terra-cotta figures + 8 plans (some folding) + 549 ills. in text/vignettes showing more than 700 objects as called for, lxviii, 384 pp., original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, top edge gilt. After Schliemann's spectacular discoveries at Troy in 1873 and the ensuing court case brought against him by Turkey, he was prevented from excavating in Troy for several years. In 1876 he turned his attention to Mycenae and carried out excavations on the site from August to November with the resulting discovery of 'Agamemnon's Treasure'. Runnels 1878a; Blackmer 1498, scarce, H.R. Hall: 'The Oldest Civilization of Greece: Studies of the Mycenaean Age', L, David Nutt, 1901, 1st edition, frontis + 75 b/w ills. as called for, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, scarce, George S. Farnell: 'Greek Lyric Poetry', L, Longmans, 1891, 1st edition, 5 ills. on 4 full page plates as called for, orig. cloth gilt, Theodor Gomperz: 'Greek Thinkers', L, John Murray, 1901, authorized edition, orig. cloth gilt, John Burnet: 'Early Greek Philosophy', 1908, 2nd edition, orig. cloth gilt, A.W. Verrall: 'The 'Choephori' of Aeschylus', L, Macmillan, 1893, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, Henry Nelson Coleridge: 'Introduction to the Study of the Greek Classic Poets', L, Murray, 1835, 2nd edition, engraved folding map, old half calf worn, Bywater: 'Heracliti Ephesii Reliquiae.', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1877, orig. cloth gilt, plus 4 others including Plato, Hephaestion, Manual of Greek Antiquities 1895 etc (15)