HERODOTUS. Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarem indita sunt nomina, in Greek. [Edited by Aldus Manutius]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, September 1502. Super-chancery folio, 306 x 201 mm. (12 x 8 in.), eighteenth-century blind-panelled mottled calf, rebacked, nineteenth-century ms. paper title label on spine, edges stained red, endpapers renewed, some chipping to covers, upper cover wormed, folding cloth chemise, morocco-backed slipcase; title-leaf lightly soiled and repaired at gutter, first quire with discreet repairs to lower inner margins, minor marginal spotting to first few leaves.

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HERODOTUS. Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarem indita sunt nomina, in Greek. [Edited by Aldus Manutius]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, September 1502. Super-chancery folio, 306 x 201 mm. (12 x 8 in.), eighteenth-century blind-panelled mottled calf, rebacked, nineteenth-century ms. paper title label on spine, edges stained red, endpapers renewed, some chipping to covers, upper cover wormed, folding cloth chemise, morocco-backed slipcase; title-leaf lightly soiled and repaired at gutter, first quire with discreet repairs to lower inner margins, minor marginal spotting to first few leaves.

EDITIO PRINCEPS. Collation: AA-RR8 SS4. 140 leaves. Greek types. 55 lines and headline, initial spaces with guide letters. Aldine anchor device on title and SS4v. Adams H-394; Isaac 12782; PMM 41; Renouard Alde, p. 35.8 ("l'une des meilleures [éditions] qu'Alde ait publiées d'aucun livre grec").

Provenance: Eighteenth-century marginalia (faded) and pagination supplied in ink -- The Prince Liechtenstein Library, armorial bookplate -- Giorgio Uzielli, bookplate -- John A. Saks, bookplate (sale, Christie's New York, 1 October 1980, lot 126).