Live auction - Lot 847
Istoriôn logoi th epigraphomenoi mousai = Historiarum libri IX. Musarum nominibus inscripti.
Leiden, S. Luchtmans, 1715
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Folio: [22 incl. engr. title]-1000-[55] pp. (dampst. on lower and upper margins, less in the first part).
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners restored, rebacked).
Latin-Greek parallel edition annotated by the German classical scholar, librarian and critic Gronovius (1645-1716) of this historical work in nine books by Herodotus (c. 484-c. 425 BC). Ill. with an engr. title by F. Bleyswyk after H. van der My showing a map of the Aegean Sea and the Peloponnese and one fold. pl. Title in red & black. Printed in 2 col.
Ref. STCN. - Dibdin II:22. - Brunet III:122/123. - Graesse III:255.
Prov. John Mills (arm. bookpl.).