Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX. Musarum nominibus inscripti. Gr. et Lat. ex Laur. Vallae interpretatione, cum adnotationibus Thomae Galei et Iacobi Gronovii. Editionem curavit et suas itemque Lud. Casp. Valckenarii notas adiecit Petrus Wesselingius. Accedunt praeter vitam Homeri varia ex priscis scriptoribus de Persis, Aegyptiis, Nilo, Indisque excerpta et praesertim ex Ctesia.
Amsterdam: Sumptibus Petri Schovtenii, 1763
Nine books in one volume
pp. [xxvi, including engraved title-page before printed title-page, 868, [2], 177 [178 - 240 indexes, 241 - 244 errata], title-page printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title-page, folding engraved plate between pages 167 and 168, engraved vignettes within text , Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns.
Fully bound in paneled vellum, gilt-stamped on front and back covers and spine.
Frontispiece: allegorical engraving with bust of Herodotus, classical female figures, a map of ancient Greece, and Egyptian relics, engraved by Francoise van Bleyswick after Hieronymus van der Mey.
Excellent condition of pages with minor toning, cracking to front joint.
Massive folio: 16 x 10 1/4 in.
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Herodotus (c.?484 – c.?425 BC) was an ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). He is known for having written the book The Histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the Greco-Persian War.
He is widely considered to have been the first writer to have treated historical subjects using a method of systematic investigation—specifically, by collecting his materials and then critically arranging them into an historiographic narrative. On account of this, he is often referred to as "The Father of History," a title first conferred on him by the first-century BC Roman orator Cicero.



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