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Βυζάντιο / Byzantine History
Lot. 3107
Lot. 3107 Starting Price: 90 € [Φλάβιος Βελισάριος] Mahon Lord [Philip Stanhope], “ e Life of Belisarius”, London, John Murray, 1829. 8vo (13.5x22.5cm), pp. xx, 473, including a large folding map of the “Campaigns of Belisarius”. A rst edition of Lord Mahon’s biography of Belisarius. Contemporary binding: full leather, blind-stamped decorations on boards and spine. Rubbed, spine partly detached, in very ne condition inside. Flavius Belisarius was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian I’s ambitious project of reconquering much of the old Western Roman Empire, which had been lost just under a century previously. One of the de ning features of Belisarius’ career was his operating under conditions of little support from his emperor Justinian and Byzantium, and nonetheless succeeding through military genius. He is also among a select group of men considered to be the “Last of the Romans”.
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Lot. 3108 Starting Price: 25 € POUJOULAT (M baptistin), “Histoire de la conquête et de l’occupation de Constantinople par les latins” Tournai, Alfred Mame, 1868. 12o, pp. 285 σελ. Including an engraved frontispiece and 5 full-page plates. Contemporary leather spine and cloth boards with blind-stamped embem “Lycee Imperial de Moulins (Alier)”.
Lot. 3109 Starting Price: 60 € Alfred Rambaud, “LEmpire Grec Au Dixieme Siecle, Constantin Porphyrogenete”, Paris, Librairie A. Franck, 1870. 8vo, p. xvi, 551, text in French. Dealing with the reign of Constantine the VII Porphyrogenetus through his own writings. Simpleperiod leather spine, blind-stamped decorations in gilt, marbled boards. Internal light foxing and spotting.
Lot. 3110 Starting Price: 35 € BAYET C., “LArt Byzantin”, Paris, Ancienne maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies, [1883]. 8vo, pp.320. Original decorated paper boards with light wear. Richly illustrated with numerous sketches and drawings of Byzantine architecture ans art. Contemporary binding, red leather with light wear.
Lot. 3111 Starting Price: 30 € ΜΗΛΙΑΡΑΚΗΣ ΑΝΤ., “ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ ΔΙΓΕΝΗΣ ΑΚΡΙΤΑΣ, εποποιία Βυζαντινή της 10ης εκατονταετηρίδος κατά το εν Άνδρω ανευρεθέν χειρόγραφον”, Βιβλιοπωλείον Γεωργίου Ι. Βασιλείου, Αθήναι, 1920. Σε 12ο, σ.167. Βιομηχανικό δέσιμο, με δερμάτινη ράχη, χοντροχάρτονα καπάκια. Χειρόγραφες σημειώσεις με μολύβι στη σελίδα τίτλου, διάσπαρτες υπογραμμίσεις στο εσωτερικό. Συνολικά καλό αντίτυπο.
Lot. 3112 Starting Price: 30 € Staphane Binon, “Documents grecs inedits relatifs a S. Mercure de Cesaree. Tradition litteraire. Tradition liturgique”, Bureaux du Recueil, bibliotheque de l’ universite Louvain, 1937. 8vo, pp. 192, parallel text in French and Greek, untrimmed, of Byzantine Hagiology interest. Paperback, so cover, in a very good condition.
Lot. 3113 Starting Price: 20 € [ΧΑΤΖΗΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΜΑΡΑΒΑ ΑΝΝΑ]. HADJINICOLAOU MARAVA – ANNE, «Recherches sur la vie des esclaves dans le monde byzantine». Athènes (Collection de l’Institut français), 1950. Σε κοντό 8ο,134 σελ. Κείμενα στα γαλλικά. Ιδιωτική βιβλιοδεσία με κόκκινο δέρμα (έχει διατηρηθεί το εμπροσθόφυλλο). [ΔΕΜΕΝΟ MAZI] [ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ]. STERGHIOPOULOS CONSTANTIN. «Les Finances Grecques au VI siècle». Athènes (Collection de l’Institut français), 1949, 110 σελ. Κείμενα στα γαλλικά. Έχει διατηρηθεί το εμπροσθόφυλλο.
