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THUCYDIDES. De bello Pelopponesiaco libri VIII. Greek text with Latin translation by Lorenzo Valla, revised by Henri Estienne. [20], 621, [15]; 73, [7] pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 327x205 mm, 18th-century mottled sheep gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, cover corners worn through, front cover scratched; contents toned with occasional browning along top edges. Armorial bookplate of Sir Lucius O'Brien, Baronet; morocco booklabel of Michael Sharpe. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1588
Second Estienne edition, "generally considered the best 16th-century edition of the greatest historian of Athens. For this new edition Estienne has corrected the Greek text and scholia, as well as further revised Valla's Latin translation" (Schreiber). The first Estienne edition appeared in 1564. GLN-3331; Hoffmann III, 552; Printing and the Mind of Man 102; Schreiber 216.
