L'INTRODUCTION AU TRAITÉ DE LA CONFORMITÉ DES MERUEILLES ANCIENNES AUEC LES MODERNES, OU, TRAITÉ PREPARATIF À L'APOLOGIE POUR HERODOTE

by Henri Estienne

$1,900 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition · Signed

Geneva: Henri Estienne , 1566 . 165 x 102 mm. 6 1/2 x 4 . 16 p.l., 572 pp. FIRST EDITION, Second State as usual . Excellent dark green morocco by Duru et Chambolle stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper and dated 1862 , raised bands, spine with gilt titling, turn-ins densely gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and initials.

• Binding: Leather

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