Herodotus, . with a commentary by Joseph Williams Blakesley ...
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1854
Materials
bookcloth, paper
Measurements
231 x 150 mm; 49 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3088337.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. . 8vo.. Copious manuscript notes throughout in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928). Dates of reading: 'July 3 1922 A glorious winter' and 'Finished Herodotus, all of him, once again this day Sept. 10 1925. He is a cordial in old age, and an anodyne in poor health. But I now shall pass willingly enough to Thucydides. I have just purchased a Thucydides with a fine, clear legible type. My old copy was bought 73 years ago, at Harrow! [This is Wallington W.6.1-2]. I am reading, side by side with my two Greek historians, the Annals and the Histories of Tacitus. Macaulay found in the three of them "something he "could find in no one else" ; and my experience is the same as his. G.O. Trevelyan' (p.494-5).. Provenance: manuscript on title page: 'GO Trevelyan [i.e. Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928). Binding: Publisher's cloth.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC) Joseph Williams Blakesley (1808-1885)