1595 Herodotus Histories Latin Henri Estienne Caesar ROME Egypt Persia Xerxes
Herodotus’s ‘Histories’ is one of the most important and well-known works of history in the western world. It records the cultures and societies of Greece, Northern Africa, and western Asian customs from the earliest times to the 5th-century B.C. This history is known for providing details on the reigns of Xerxes’ and the Persian Empire.
This highly rare 1595 Frankfurt edition was collected and edited by the famed Henry Estienne.
1595 Herodotus Histories Latin Henri Estienne Caesar ROME Egypt Persia Xerxes
Herodotus’s ‘Histories’ is one of the most important and well-known works of history in the western world. It records the cultures and societies of Greece, Northern Africa, and western Asian customs from the earliest times to the 5th-century B.C. This history is known for providing details on the reigns of Xerxes’ and the Persian Empire.
This highly rare 1595 Frankfurt edition was collected and edited by the famed Henry Estienne.
Item number: #14482
Price: $1295
HERODOTUS
Herodoti Halicarnassei historiae libri IX: et de vita Homeri libellus : illi ex interpretatione Laurentio Vallae adscripta, hic ex interpretatione Conradi Heresbachij: utraque ab Henr. Stephano recognita ; ex Ctesia excerptae historiae
Francofurti : Apud Andreae Wecheli heredes, 1595.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- 27 (i.e. 72); 630, [87]
- References: USTC 662247; Adams H 409
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
- Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
- Very rare and desirable
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14482
Categories
Classical Greco-Roman
Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern
Authors
HERODOTUS
Printing Date
16th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Vellum
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete