1595 Herodotus Histories Latin Henri Estienne Caesar ROME Egypt Persia Xerxes

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 5^th-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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