Hērodotou tou Halikarnassēos Historia, ē, Historiōn logoi 9, epigraphomenoi Mousai. = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historia, siue, Historiarum libri IX, qui inscribuntur Musae. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recogniti. Ctesiae quaedam.
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1570
Materials
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3008342
Summary
Bibliographic description
24, 128, 127-362, 20 p. ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [probably William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Various manuscript codes and inscriptions on front endpapers, one (former owner's name?) scribbled over; inscriptions in Greek on rear endpapers. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf (rubbed); sewn on five supports; double blind fillet border; small floral stamp in centre of both covers; single fillet along board edges; blind fillet panels and brown leather title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC), author Ctesias (fl. 5th century BC), author Henri Estienne (1531-1598), editor Camerarius, Joachim Claude Garamond (France 1490 -1561) Henri Estienne (1531-1598), publisher