Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 2172. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Loeb Classical Library] Thirty-six volumes of various authors. (Cambridge, MA). The Loebs offer the most accessible and authoritative renditions of the works of the ancient authors. The texts are bi-lingual; in the original tongue, Greek or Latin, and in parallel English translation. The writings of the philosophers, dramatists, poets, orators and historians are readily available to the modern reader. This partial set presents the works of Apuleius, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Juvenal, Lucan, Lucretius, Martial, Plato, Propertius, Seneca, Virgil and minor poets. Edition dates range from 1919 to the 1990’s. These volumes are from the working library of a college professor; many are heavily used and extensively annotated. Mostly Latin authors, with red cloth covers and some with dust jackets. A few duplicates. Fair to Fine condition, dusty. Thirty-six volumes in lot.