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HERODOTUS. Historion logoi theta. Historiarum ll. IX. Eiusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Lat. historiarum Herodoti, ab Henr. Stephano rec. Ed. 2a. (N.pl.), H. Stephanus, 1592. (48), 732, (24) pp. W. ti. printed in red and black & 4 large fold. woodcuts. Fol. Cont. vellum. (Ties fail, vellum a bit soiled, piece of upper blank corner ti-p. cut off, more or less waterstained throughout).
The woodcuts depict a view on Babylon, the gardens of Semiramis, the tower of Bable, the castle of Semiramis and the Babylonian bridge. - Text in Greek and Latin. Adams H-398; Renouard p. 155; Dibdin II, 20: "The second edition is the more copious, and therefore preferable; (...)".€ 500
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