Lot 109
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HERODOTUS (c.484-425 B.C.). Historiarum libri IX, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Henri II Estienne. Frankfurt: Marnius and Aubrius, 1608. 2º (351 x 214mm). Woodcut device on title and on penultimate page. (A little browning and staining.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, central panel on upper cover of the Elector of Saxony and a figure on lower cover, both within a roll border of the cardinal virtues and another 2 further borders, dark green edges. Provenance: 'MIBR 1608' (binding) -- Christopher Lebwald (near contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper) – Brynkinalt Library (pink endpaper). Hoffmann II, p.230.
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HERODOTUS (c.484-425 B.C.). Historiarum libri IX, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Henri II Estienne. Frankfurt: Marnius and Aubrius, 1608. 2º (351 x 214mm). Woodcut device on title and on penultimate page. (A little browning and staining.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, central panel on upper cover of the Elector of Saxony and a figure on lower cover, both within a roll border of the cardinal virtues and another 2 further borders, dark green edges. Provenance: 'MIBR 1608' (binding) -- Christopher Lebwald (near contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper) – Brynkinalt Library (pink endpaper). Hoffmann II, p.230.

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HERODOTUS (c.484-425 B.C.). Historiarum libri IX, in Greek and Latin. Edited by Henri II Estienne. Frankfurt: Marnius and Aubrius, 1608. 2º (351 x 214mm). Woodcut device on title and on penultimate page. (A little browning and staining.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, central panel on upper cover of the Elector of Saxony and a figure on lower cover, both within a roll border of the cardinal virtues and another 2 further borders, dark green edges. Provenance: 'MIBR 1608' (binding) -- Christopher Lebwald (near contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper) – Brynkinalt Library (pink endpaper). Hoffmann II, p.230.

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