{"product_id":"henri-esitenne-world-wonders-london-1607-123635","title":"[Apologie pour Hérodote].","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst edition in English\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition in English of the French humanist Henri Estienne's (d.1598) \u003cem\u003eApologie pour Hérodote\u003c\/em\u003e, an important\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edefence of the 'Father of History' from long-held accusations that his work was unreliable and even fanciful. The text also forms a satire on the state of the European morals of Estienne's own day, which led him to run afoul of the church in Geneva, leading to his arrest and the removal of the offending passages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe criticism of Herodotus dated back to his contemporaries and focused particularly on the retrospective nature of the \u003cem\u003eHistories\u003c\/em\u003e, which led the author to rely on oral sources and tradition. To Thucydides, he was merely a storyteller, and Cicero bracketed his praise by noting that Herodotus' writing contained many fabulous tales ('innumerabiles fabulae', \u003cem\u003eDe Legibus\u003c\/em\u003e I, 5). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eApologie\u003c\/em\u003e was initially published in Latin under the title \u003cem\u003eApologia pro Herodoto\u003c\/em\u003e as a prefatory essay to an edition of the \u003cem\u003eHistories\u003c\/em\u003e Estienne brought to the press in 1566, which followed the Latin translation of Lorenzo Valla. The present edition was translated by the Elizabethan antiquary Richard Carew (1555-1620) out of expanded French-language edition that had caused so-much controversy with the ecclesiastical authorities in Geneva.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition in English, 2 parts in 1 vol.; folio (28 x 19 cm); divisional title, woodcut devices to title and divisional title, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, errata f. to rear, MS ownership inscription in pen to head of title, lacking front blank f., some underlining in red crayon, occasional spotting, final f. a little soiled; 20th-century sprinkled calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece to spine, slightly rubbed, very good; [18], 217, [7], 229-358, [2]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC S121359.","brand":"ESTIENNE, Henri; CAREW, Richard (translator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636623286647,"sku":"123635","price":3411.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123635_01.jpg?v=1792774667","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/henri-esitenne-world-wonders-london-1607-123635","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}