Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BEARE, W., The Roman stage. A short history of Latin drama in the time of the Republic. Methuen, London, 1950. 1st ed. XII,292p. ills.(line drawings and B&W photographs). Cloth. Some pencil markings and annotations from WGA. Back cover bit moist stained. 'Professor Beare not only provides a very helpful and readable survey of Roman drama in all its main aspects, but re-examines in detail a number of special problems. (...) His work is obviously the product of careful scholarship: it is informative and stimulating.' (HUGH TREDENNICK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1952, p.27). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

BEARE, W., The Roman Stage. A short history of Latin drama in the time of the Republic. Methuen, London, 1955. 2nd (rev.)ed. XIII,364p. ills.(line drawings and B&W photographs). Cloth wrps. Wrps a bit worn. 'A good book has been made better by some revision and considerable additions, which will be generally welcomed. (...) Even those who disagree strongly with the author's views must be grateful to him for making his stimulating handbook an even richter store of information.' (H. TREDENNICK on the 2nd edition in The Classical Review (New Series), 1956, 169-70). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

BESSEM, E., Het Tooneel in de Oudheid. Overzicht van het ontstaan en de ontwikkeling van 't drama en jongere kunstvormen. Vorkink, Bandoeng, n.d.(>1924). 96,Vp. Cloth. Spine with gilt lettering. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

BIEBER, Margarete, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1961. 2nd rev.and enlarged ed. XIV,343p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth. 'This is a revised and expanded edition of a book which appeared in 1939 and which has been a standard work ever since. In the meantime, however, much research has been done in this field. (...) The time is therefore ripe for a new edition of Bieber, to take account of recent developments and to incorporate new ideas and reconsiderations on the part of the author. (...) The approach is primarily archeological. (...). There is a general index, a chronological table, a glossary, and a bibliography, all of which are excellent (...). This is an excellent book in every way and it will be of inestimable benefit to scholars, theatrical people, and laymen alike.' (R.A. HIGGINS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1962, pp.227-29). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

BLOEMENDAL, J., (ed.), Georgius Macropedius. Verzameld toneel. Florivallis, Amersfoort, 2008. 834p. Hard bound. Nice copy. (Rare). Translations in Dutch with preface published on the 450th death year of Georgius Macropedius. € 125.00 (Antiquarian)

BLUME, H.-D., Einführung in das antike Theaterwesen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1978. X,139,XIVp. Photographs. Sewn. Some pencil markings and annotations from WGA.'This book contains a compact survey of the Roman theatre, but is naturally mainly devoted to the Greek theatre, on which there is a brief but useful section on dramatic, archaeological, and literary sources and a very extensive one discussing dramatic festivals at Athens, production, theatre buildings, and actors in all their important aspects. Blume's treatment throughout is always succinct and to the point, and is as a rule well documented. (...) He gives the essential facts (...) and is judicious both in drawing conclusions (...) and in abjuring them. (...) This short book can be recommended as a reliable, as well as comprehensive, treatment of its far from easy subject.' (E.W. WHITTLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1980, p. 145). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

BLUME, H.-D., Einführung in das antike Theaterwesen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1978. X,139,XIVp. Photographs. Sewn. Front cover partly a bit yellowed. 'This book contains a compact survey of the Roman theatre, but is naturally mainly devoted to the Greek theatre, on which there is a brief but useful section on dramatic, archaeological, and literary sources and a very extensive one discussing dramatic festivals at Athens, production, theatre buildings, and actors in all their important aspects. Blume's treatment throughout is always succinct and to the point, and is as a rule well documented. (...) He gives the essential facts (...) and is judicious both in drawing conclusions (...) and in abjuring them. (...) This short book can be recommended as a reliable, as well as comprehensive, treatment of its far from easy subject.' (E.W. WHITTLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1980, p. 145). € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

BLUME, H.-D., Einführung in das antike Theaterwesen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1978. X,139,XIVp. Photographs. Sewn. 'This book contains a compact survey of the Roman theatre, but is naturally mainly devoted to the Greek theatre, on which there is a brief but useful section on dramatic, archaeological, and literary sources and a very extensive one discussing dramatic festivals at Athens, production, theatre buildings, and actors in all their important aspects. Blume's treatment throughout is always succinct and to the point, and is as a rule well documented. (...) He gives the essential facts (...) and is judicious both in drawing conclusions (...) and in abjuring them. (...) This short book can be recommended as a reliable, as well as comprehensive, treatment of its far from easy subject.' (E.W. WHITTLE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1980, p. 145). € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

BÖHME, R., Bühnenbearbeitung Äschyleischer Tragödien. Erster Teil. Zweiter Teil. Benno Schwabe, Basel / Stuttgart, n.d.(>1956/59). 2 vols. 138,159p. Sewn. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Title hand written on spine. (Rare).'Dr. Böhme (...) suggests that when a later poet (...) received from the archon a chorus for a play of Aeschylus he rewrote it in up-to-date style, so that it might compete on level terms with the works of contemporaries. Accordingly the 'Oresteia', as we have it, is a rewriting, perhaps the last of several, for a performance between 408 and 405, and profoundly influenced by the Electra plays of Sophocles and of Eurpides.' (...) Böhme is not moved only by stylistic considerations in the narrower sense, though much of his argument turns on details of usage. He has an intense conviction that Aeschylus was a poet inspired, continuously sublime, moving only on the heights - or in the depths - of Orphic-Eleusinian religion.' (D.W. LUCAS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1960. pp.198-99). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

BOUVRIE, S. des, Women in Greek Tragedy. An Anthropological Approach. Norwegian University Press, Oslo, 1990. 394p. Bound. Head spine bit worn. Cover bit grimy. Series: Symbolae Osloenses Fasc.Suppl.XXVII. € 100.50 (Antiquarian)