HERODOTUS of Halicarnassus (c.484-408BC). Historion logoi [graecè] ... Historiarum libri IX , edited by L.C. Walckenaar and P. Wesseling. Amsterdam: P. Schouten, 1763. 2° (407 x 251mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece and a folding plate, half title (a little very light browning). Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, gilt and blindstamped border round sides, gilt edges (rebacked with original spine preserved, covers lightly scuffed). Provenance : prize binding with gilt inscription to John Macauley, 1817, on lower cover and gilt supra-libros on upper cover of the Trustees of the Rugby Charity. Hoffmann II, p.231. HERODOTUS. Historion logoi [graecè] ... Historiarum libri IX . London: E. Horton and J. Grover, 1679. 2° (316 x 195mm). Title and text in Greek and Latin, folding engraved map by Lamb (map repaired with no loss at lower margin, a little light discolouration). Contemporary English calf (rebacked with old label preserved). Provenance : 18th-century presentation inscription 'Ex dono Richardi Meynell Gen:' - Repton School (gilt inscription on front cover). Wing H1584; Hoffmann II, p.230 And 8 others of the Greek classics. (10)
HERODOTUS of Halicarnassus (c.484-408BC). Historion logoi [graecè] ... Historiarum libri IX , edited by L.C. Walckenaar and P. Wesseling. Amsterdam: P. Schouten, 1763. 2° (407 x 251mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece and a folding plate, half title (a little very light browning). Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, gilt and blindstamped border round sides, gilt edges (rebacked with original spine preserved, covers lightly scuffed). Provenance : prize binding with gilt inscription to John Macauley, 1817, on lower cover and gilt supra-libros on upper cover of the Trustees of the Rugby Charity. Hoffmann II, p.231. HERODOTUS. Historion logoi [graecè] ... Historiarum libri IX . London: E. Horton and J. Grover, 1679. 2° (316 x 195mm). Title and text in Greek and Latin, folding engraved map by Lamb (map repaired with no loss at lower margin, a little light discolouration). Contemporary English calf (rebacked with old label preserved). Provenance : 18th-century presentation inscription 'Ex dono Richardi Meynell Gen:' - Repton School (gilt inscription on front cover). Wing H1584; Hoffmann II, p.230 And 8 others of the Greek classics. (10)
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