Historiae libri novem quibus musarum inclita sunt nomina.
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1502
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3070291
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 v. . fol.. Presentation copy from the French royal Greek poet laureate, Jean Dorat, probably to Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy; with a 3 page dedicatory Latin poem in his hand. Front endpaper inscribed: "G. Hubert 1684". Binding in blue-green calf tooled in blind and gold, with centrepiece medallion, France, ca. 1570, possibly finished by the 'doreurs' Gomer Estienne and Claude Picques.
Makers and roles
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)