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995 - ESTIENNE (Henri). APOLOGY FOR HERODOTUS, or a treatise on the conformity of ancient wonders with modern ones…
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ESTIENNE (Henri). APOLOGY FOR HERODOTUS, or a treatise on the conformity of ancient wonders with modern ones… The Hague, Henri Scheurleer, 1735. 3 volumes in-12, speckled sheepskin, gilt fillets, plain decorated spine, gilt edges (original binding). New edition, based on the first and expanded to include all the interesting details and observations found in later editions, by Mr. Le Duchat, with an alphabetical table of contents. This edition, adorned with 3 FRONTISPICES, is preferable to previous ones because of the notes it contains, and the 21st chapter is included in its entirety (Brunet, II, 1077). Curiously, several quires in Volume I were omitted during binding. Provenance: From the Louis Humbert Library, with his bookplate “Ludovici Humberti et amicorum.”
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