B25152
Language code
grc, lat
Shelfmark
Sa1.1.10(01)
Author
Herodotus
Uniform title
[History., Greek, 1570]
Title
Erodotou dou alikarnasseos istoria, e istorion logoith, epigraphonenoi Mousai. Herodoti Halicarnassei historia, siue, historiarvm libri IX, qui inscribuntur musæ. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recogniti. Ctesiae qvaedam.
Varying form of title
Herodoti Halicarnassei historia, sive, historiarum libri IX, qui inscribuntur musae. Ex vetustis exemplaribus recogniti. Ctesiae quaedam
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Geneva] :, Excudebat Henricus Stephanus,, M.D.LXX [1570].
Physical description
24, 362, 20p ;, 35cm.
Note
Previously: Ca.4.1(1), Cd.3.13 and Cd.2.12 and GUT.B.1.4.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]-[gamma]4, a-z6, aa-hh6, ii4.
Note
Place of publication from Adams.
Note
Text in Greek with preliminaries in Latin.
Note
Bound with one other item.
Note
Printer's device with motto "Noli altum sapere" on the title page.
Note
Title in black and red.
Note
Foliated and grotesque initials and matching head pieces.
Note
Printed in Royal Greek type cut by Claude Garamond.
Note
"Ex Ioach. Camerarii prooemio in historias Herodoti" p. 9-18.
Note
Ek ton ktesiou tou ktesiou tou knidion persikon" 20 p. at end.
Note
Edited by Henri Estienne.
Note
Henri republished the work in 1592, but in a much more complete edition. It was published a third time by his son, Paul, in 1618.
Note
Numerous errors in paging, including 127-128 repeated.
Citation/references note
Adams, H397; Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Estienne, p. 134, no. 5; Brunet, III, 122; CLC H474
Provenance
Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
From card cat: bequest of Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Binding
16th century green morocco Parisian fanfare binding; arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou; see Hobson, G.D. Les reliures à la fanfare... (1970) No. 70; in box.
Subject
History, Ancient, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Armenia (Place), History, Early works to 1800, Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
Subject
Ethiopia (Place), History, Early works to 1800, To 324 B.C.
Subject
Gambia (Place), History, Early works to 1800, To 640.
Added entry--name
Estienne, Henri, printer.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, former owner.
Added entry--name
Thou, Jacques-Auguste de
Added entry--name
Camerarius, Joachim
Added entry--name
Garamond, Claude
Added entry--place
Switzerland, Geneva.
B25152
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