The history of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury. ...
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3186438.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1, plates : maps (fold.) ; 8vo. Bookseller's pencil note, with manuscript prices: [in ink] 2 vol 8 s. ; [in pencil] 2 vol 7-0. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet borders; gilt tooled spine; five raised bands; lacks spine labels.
Makers and roles
Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC) Isaac Littlebury