Bibliothecae Historicae Libri XV, de XL
Hanover: Typis Wechelianis (Wechel), 1604.
Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Item #044714
Full contemporary overlapping vellum, slight soiling and discoloration but sound and attractive. Discoloration to endpapers, old greek inscription to front blank, final colophon leaf present. Two volumes bound in one, each with a separate title page - printed in two columns, the original Greek and the Latin translation. An attractive and well preserved edition of Diodorus of Sicily's history - the first volume is books 1-5, and the second 11-20, all that survive from antiquity, with Henri Estienne's introduction from his 1559 edition. (xxx), 363, 59; (xii), 1013, (3)pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044714.
Price: $650.00