April 12, 2024
HISTORY HERODOTUS, Issac Littlebury 1720 2 vols leather 3 fold-out maps 2nd ed
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HISTORY OF HERODOTUS Translated from the Greek by Isaac Littlebury, The Second Edition, Volumes I and II [complete], London: Printed for A. Bell, J. Darby [several following names omitted], MDCCXX [1720], full leather covers with gilded lettering and decoration on spines and five raised bands, 5” x 8”, woodcuts, Vol. I xiii [Preface], 447 pages [text], Index 15 pages unnumbered, 3 fold-out maps [Greece, Egypt, World as Far As Is Known to the Ancients], Vol. II 430 pages [text], Index 16 unnumbered pages; CONDITION : well-preserved antiquarian volumes with light normal wear including some scuffing of covers and pages lightly age-toned, solid volumes with hinges firm and text blocks tight. NOTE : both volumes with armorial bookplate of Charles Cadogan, Esq., 1685-1776, a noted English book collector, an English soldier who rose to the rank of General, and Whig politician; in 1726, he inherited the title 1st Earl Cadogan on the death of his brother, and changed his bookplate to a more elaborate one with the name Lord Cadogan.
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