HERODOTUS. Historiarum libri IX, Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1715. 2° (308 x 198mm). Engraved title, title printed in red and black, one folding engraved plate, one engraved illustration, engraved vignettes, text in Greek and Latin, double columns, woodcut initials. (Some lightly spotting, occasional light browning.) Contemporary gilt panelled vellum, large gilt armorial of Amsterdam on covers, spine gilt in compartments, leather lettering-piece (lacking ties, spines soiled, lettering-piece chipped), sprinkled edges. Provenance: Augustus van Hon, presented to him by the Headmaster of the Public Grammar School of Amsterdam Isaac Verburg on 6 April 1739 (leaf with large engraved vignette inserted opposite title). Brunet III, 122.