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HELIODORUS, Emesemus, Bishop of Triccia. Historiae aethiopicae libri decem, numquam antea in lucem editi, text in Greek, Basle: Heirs of Hervagius, February 1534. Small 4, printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, dedication in Latin (title soiled, occasional light marginal soiling), 19th-century calf (covers detached, worn, new endpapers). Provenance: two inscriptions on title: "Liber Rogeri Morrell ex dono Theodori ?Beacorn, Octobris ... 1579" and "Jo. Milner"; numerous old marginal annotations in Latin. FIRST EDITION. Adams H174; BM STC German, p. 389.