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HERODOTOS

Historion logoi. [Greek] / Historiarum libri IX Musarum nominibus inscripti. / With Latin translation by L. Valla. Edited and annotated by P. Wesseling
Amstelodami
Petrus Schouten (col. Reers)
1763
€180 - €240

In-folio (41,5 x 25 cm), [26], 868, 177, [68] pp, gegraveerde titelpagina (F. Bleyswyck naar Van der My). Parallelle tekst Grieks en Latijn. Uitv. gegrav. plaat Prachtige kalfslederen kroontjesband, met verguld wapenschild van SNEEK (een schild in de lengte doorgesneden, aan de ene kant een halve zwarte arend, aan de andere kant drie gouden kronen paalsgewijs geplaatst, eronder S.P.Q.S.). In de vier hoeken kroontjes, rug rijkelijk verguld, voorste scharnier zwak, wat verlies van leder aan onderste kapitaal, gemarmerde schutbladen

Ref. Brunet III, 123 ; Schweiger I, 139 ; Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch Decorated Bookbinding, IIB, p. 936 ""One armorial block for Sneek has been found so far."" ""It is unlikely that there were any bookbinders in Sneek in the 18th c. capable of even a small degree of luxury work. Only a few prize bindings are known, but they were bound elsewhere

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