HERODOTUS. Historiarum libri IX . . . Eiusdem Narratio de vita Homeri. Greek...

HERODOTUS. Historiarum libri IX . . . Eiusdem Narratio de vita Homeri. Greek text with Latin translations by Lorenzo Valla and Conrad Heresbach and notes by Aldus Manutius, Henri Estienne, et al., edited by Jacob Gronovius. Double-page engraved plate depicting the cow-shaped coffin of the daughter of King Mycerinus. [20] (of [22]), 554, [2], 555-1000, [55] pages, including engraved allegorical additional title dated 1716 incorporating map of Greece; lacks half-title. Folio, 318x208 mm, modern tan calf gilt with portion of contemporary vellum binding mounted on front cover decorated with gilt municipal arms of Nijmegen; contents lightly dampwrinkled with marginal dampstaining mainly noticeable toward beginning of volume and confined to lower outer corners elsewhere. Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1715 [i. e., 1716]

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