Historia sive Historiarum libri IX

 Herodotus; Henri Estienne

Henricus Stephanus, 1570

1st Estienne edition in Greek.  Folio, 32 x 20 cm.  Bound in 17-18th century gilt paneled moroccan leather. Gilt ruled, with crown monogram on front cover.  Rebacked. Marbled end pages.  Title in red and black. Marbled end papers. Collated: 24, 362 [i. e., 364], 20 pages.  Later underscoring and marginalia (by a fine hand in Greek).  Occasional marginal dampstaining.  Book label of Wladimir Brunet noted 19th century French Hellenist and historian.  Refs: Adams H397.  GLN-2410; Hoffmann II, 230.  Herodoti Halicarnassei Historia sive Historiarum libri IX, qui inscribuntur Musae = Herodotu Tu Halikarnasseos Historia, e Historion Logoi 9: epigraphontai Musai.