[HISTORY] [HERODOTUS]; LITTLEBURY, Isaac (translator).
The History of Herodotus.
The History of Herodotus.
Translated from the Greek.
Stock Code 119617
London, Printed for Edward Castle near Whitehall, and Sam. Buckley in Little-Britain, 1709.
first complete edition in English
The rare first complete edition in English of Herodotus' Histories, and the first appearance in English since 1584, when Thomas Marshe had published only the first two books. The work sets out the results of Herodotus' researches into the rise of the Persian empire in the Middle East, the attempt of the Persians to occupy the city-states of Greece, their victory at Thermopylae and their defeat at the battles of Marathon, Salamis and Plataea.From the collection of the classical scholar W.H.D. Rouse, one of the founding editors of the Loeb Classical Library, known for his plain English prose translations of Homer's Odyssey (1937) and Iliad (1938), and who advocated the use of the 'direct method' of teaching Latin and Greek.
First edition in English; 2 vols, 8vo; woodcut ornaments to titles, woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf of vol. II, ownership signature of W.H.D. Rouse to front free endpapers, bookplate of Sidney Broad to front pastedowns, internally clean and fresh; contemporary calf, spines darkened, volume I rebacked retaining original backstrip; a very good set.
Hoffmann II, 239.
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