ALDINE PRESS. HERODOTUS. [Greek:] Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarem indita sunt nomina [edited by Aldus Manutius]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, September 1502. Aldine folio, 315 x 206 mm. (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.), early nineteenth-century English maroon diced russia, covers with gilt fillet borders, turn-ins gilt, edges stained yellow, neatly rebacked in maroon calf, corners and fore-edges of boards abraded and with partial restoration, inner hinges cracked, some light foxing or spotting, lightly washed, marginalia faded. FIRST EDITION, Greek type, Aldine anchor device on title and final page. Adams H-394; Isaac 12782; PMM 41; Renouard p. 35.8 ("l'une des meilleures [éditions] qu'Alde ait publiées d'aucun livre grec").

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ALDINE PRESS. HERODOTUS. [Greek:] Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarem indita sunt nomina [edited by Aldus Manutius]. Venice: Aldus Manutius, September 1502. Aldine folio, 315 x 206 mm. (12 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.), early nineteenth-century English maroon diced russia, covers with gilt fillet borders, turn-ins gilt, edges stained yellow, neatly rebacked in maroon calf, corners and fore-edges of boards abraded and with partial restoration, inner hinges cracked, some light foxing or spotting, lightly washed, marginalia faded. FIRST EDITION, Greek type, Aldine anchor device on title and final page. Adams H-394; Isaac 12782; PMM 41; Renouard p. 35.8 ("l'une des meilleures [éditions] qu'Alde ait publiées d'aucun livre grec").

Provenance: Copious early marginalia -- British Museum duplicate inscription, dated or numbered 1819, on front flyleaf -- Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, bookplate -- Warwick Castle shelfmark.