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Auction archive: Lot number 340

The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
US$360
Auction archive: Lot number 340

The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
US$360
Beschreibung:

Title: The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence Author: Herodotus of Halicarnassus Place: Bloomsbury, London Publisher: The Nonesuch Press Date: 1935 Description: xxvi, [2], 778 pp. + maps. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of new maps by T. Poulton to which is added a life of Herodotus and the Behistun Inscription. (4to) original blue vellum-backed cloth, top edge gilt. No. 534 of 675 copies, designed by Francis Meynell, printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge, England. A fine press edition of the classic historical writings by the ancient Greek scholar, Herodotus. With illustrations, including maps of the Plan of Babylon, The Persian Empire, The Aegean, Greece, Italy, Libya, Egypt, Scythia, and Central Asia. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine sunned, light spotting to binding; very good. Item number: 246628

Auction archive: Lot number 340
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence Author: Herodotus of Halicarnassus Place: Bloomsbury, London Publisher: The Nonesuch Press Date: 1935 Description: xxvi, [2], 778 pp. + maps. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of new maps by T. Poulton to which is added a life of Herodotus and the Behistun Inscription. (4to) original blue vellum-backed cloth, top edge gilt. No. 534 of 675 copies, designed by Francis Meynell, printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge, England. A fine press edition of the classic historical writings by the ancient Greek scholar, Herodotus. With illustrations, including maps of the Plan of Babylon, The Persian Empire, The Aegean, Greece, Italy, Libya, Egypt, Scythia, and Central Asia. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine sunned, light spotting to binding; very good. Item number: 246628

Auction archive: Lot number 340
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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