May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
HERODOTUS. The History of Herodotus. Translated from the Greek. By Isaac Littlebury. [2], xii, [2], 445, [17]; [2], 430, [18] pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, 182x116 mm, contemporary calf, spines darkened, Volume 1 rebacked retaining original backstrip; contents generally clean. Signatures of the classical scholar and pedagogue W. H. D. Rouse (1863-1950); bookplates of Sidney Broad. London: Edward Castle and Sam. Buckley, 1709

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first complete edition in english. The 1584 translation contained only books 1 and 2 (of 9). Hoffmann II, 239.