Live auction - Lot 808

HERODOTUS

Les Histoires d'Hérodote. Mises en françois par P. Du-Ryer.

Paris, A. de Sommaville & A. Courbé, 1645 [engr. title dated 1646]

€ 200 / 300

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Folio: engr. title-[8]-637 [= 629]-[3]-22 pp. (errors in pagination; marg. dampstaining in begin. and to last ff., occ. sm. stains).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (covers partly rubbed and scratched, head def.). Wide margins copy.

First edition of the translation by Pierre du Ryer. Illustrated with an engr. title depicting Apollo and the Muses. Neat typography; red & black title.
Ref. Brunet III:126. - Goldsmith 41.

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Lot 808

Les Histoires d'Hérodote. Mises en françois par P. Du-Ryer.

HERODOTUS

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