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Gronovius’ Edition of Herodotus

Gronovius’ Edition of Herodotus

SKU: 7767
£900.00
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Title:
Gronovius’ Edition of Herodotus

Date of publication:

  • 1715

    • Binding:

  • contemporary vellum

    • Editor:

  • Johann Friedrich Gronovius

    • Publisher:

  • Samuel Lucthmans

    • Author:

  • Herodotus

    • Herodotus: [Greek title...] Historiarum Libri IX [...] industria Jacobi Gronovii, cuius accedunt notae […] Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1715

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    Folio. pp. [xx], 1000, [lvi]. With half title, additonal engraved title, letterpress title printed in red and black, and with one double-page engraved plate (facing p. 138). Parallel text in Greek and Latin. Occasional pencilled annotation in a 19th century hand. Contemporary prize vellum, arms of Leiden, somewhat worn and rebacked in late 20th century pigskin, end-papers and ribbon ties renewed. Ownership inscriptions of R.W. Blencowe dated 1809 and 1810. Read less