HERODOTUS. Ἡροδότου Ἀλικαρνασσῆος Ἱστοριῶν λόγοι Θ, ἐπιγραφόμενοι

folio (425 x 258 mm.), [26] + 868 + 177 + [69] pp. (light browning). Engraved extra title, title printed in red black, engraved vignette on the title, Greek text and Latin translation in 2 columns, with one folding engraved plate and 2 engravings in the text. Contemporary full calf (joints torn, minor wear, spine gilt, ex-libris). Brunet, ΙΙΙ, col. 123 («édition fort bien imprimée, et une des meilleures que l'on ait de cet historien»), Hoffmann, ΙΙ, p. 231. Author: HERODOTUS. Title: Ἡροδότου Ἀλικαρνασσῆος Ἱστοριῶν λόγοι Θ, ἐπιγραφόμενοι Μοῦσαι. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX, Musarum nominibus inscripti. Gr. et Lat. ex Laur. Vallae interpretatione, cum adnotationibus Thomae Galei et Iacobi Gronovii. Editionem curavit et suas itemque Lud. Casp. Valckenarii notas adiecit Petrus Wesselingius. Accedunt praeter Vitam Homeri varia ex priscis scriptoribus de Persis, Aegyptiis, Nilo, Indisque excerpta et praesertim ex Ctesia. Publication info: Άμστερνταμ, sumptibus Petri Schoutenii, 1763.

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