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HERODOTUS. Historiae libri IX: et de vita Homeri libellus. Latin translation by Lorenzo Valla and Conrad Heresbach; edited by Henri Estienne and prefaced with the latter's Apologia pro Herodoto. 27 [i. e,. 72], 630, [89] pages. 8vo, 171x106 mm, contemporary Wittenberg binding of blind-tooled pigskin over pasteboard by Thomas Reuter the Younger, large panel stamps of Wittenberg arms with monogram T R dated 1573 (front cover) and allegorical figure personifying Religion (rear cover), front cover additionally stamped I W G F at top and 1601 at bottom, later red morocco lettering piece; contents toned with occasional early underscoring and marginalia. 17th-century ownership inscription of Jacobus Eberhardus. Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Andreas Wechel, 1595
The Wittenberg binder Thomas Reuter the Elder was active from 1567 until his death in 1595; his son continued the business using the same tools. Hoffmann II, 236; Haebler, Rollen- und Plattenstempel I, 392-94.
