![HERODOTUS (c.484-425 B.C.). Historiae lib.X, & de vita Homeri libellus. Edited by Henri II Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne and H. Fugger, 1566. Woodcut device on title, 4 folding woodcut plates (3 with tears, title mostly backed). Adams H-403; Hoffmann II, p.235. [Bound with:] -- Historia, in Greek. [Geneva:] Henri Estienne, 1570. Title in red and black with woodcut device. (Most top fore-corners and some lower margins at the end a little dampstained, some mottling and browning.) Adams H-397; Hoffmann II, p.230. 2 works in one volume, 2º (332 x 203mm). 17TH-CENTURY PLESSIS-SORBONNE PRIZE BINDING: citron goatskin over paste-board gilt, sides with fillet and roll-tool border enclosing a semé of large fleurs-de-lys with PS monogram at the corners and a central laurel wreath with PS monogram, PS repeated on spine, gilt edges (corners somewhat worn, flyleaves removed). Provenance: Plessis-Sobonne](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10266_0108_000(herodotus_historiae_libx_de_vita_homeri_libellus_edited_by_henri_ii_es095133).jpg?w=1)
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HERODOTUS (c.484-425 B.C.). Historiae lib.X, & de vita Homeri libellus. Edited by Henri II Estienne. [Geneva:] H. Estienne and H. Fugger, 1566. Woodcut device on title, 4 folding woodcut plates (3 with tears, title mostly backed). Adams H-403; Hoffmann II, p.235. [Bound with:] -- Historia, in Greek. [Geneva:] Henri Estienne, 1570. Title in red and black with woodcut device. (Most top fore-corners and some lower margins at the end a little dampstained, some mottling and browning.) Adams H-397; Hoffmann II, p.230. 2 works in one volume, 2º (332 x 203mm). 17TH-CENTURY PLESSIS-SORBONNE PRIZE BINDING: citron goatskin over paste-board gilt, sides with fillet and roll-tool border enclosing a semé of large fleurs-de-lys with PS monogram at the corners and a central laurel wreath with PS monogram, PS repeated on spine, gilt edges (corners somewhat worn, flyleaves removed). Provenance: Plessis-Sobonne College, Paris (binding).
FIRST ESTIENNE EDITIONS of Herodotus in Valla's Latin translation and the original Greek. The plates depict Babylon, the bridge and citadel, the hanging gardens and the tower of Babel. As Schreiber points out for the 1592 edition, they are an integral part of the book.
FIRST ESTIENNE EDITIONS of Herodotus in Valla's Latin translation and the original Greek. The plates depict Babylon, the bridge and citadel, the hanging gardens and the tower of Babel. As Schreiber points out for the 1592 edition, they are an integral part of the book.
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