Herodotus, translated from the Greek, with notes and life of the author.
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140275
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,[2],489p., plate . port.. . 8vo in 4s.. Not indigenous. Marshall Sisson bequest. Bound uniform with: Thucydides "History of the Peloponnesian War...translated ... by William Smith" London: Jones, 1831.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate, with motto 'Quaere verum', lettered: "J. D. Birchall". Book label with decorative border: Marshall Sisson. manuscript inscription: "Marshall Sisson".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red leather; marbled paper over boards; spine gilt rolled and lettered direct.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1978 by Marshall Sisson.
Makers and roles
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC) William Beloe (1756 - 1817)