Διοδώρου του Σικελιώτου: “Βιβλιοθήκης Ιστορικής τα Σωζόμενα.” Amsterdam 1746 Big Folio edition. 41x26cm,full contemporary leather very slightly rubbed, spine richly gilded, complete two volumes, engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of the editor, half title, title in red and black [34] 731p.,[4] ,666p.[84], Greek original text and Latin translation in parallel, text clean, overall very good. Diodorus Siculus (Sikeliotis, from Sicely) was an ancient Greek historian who lived in 1st century BC and wrote a famous history important for the Hellenistic times and the raise of Rome. Much, but not all, of his work has been preserved and rediscovered gradually over the centuries, several parts can be located also in Photius works and the excerpts of Porphyrogenetus, edited only in early 20th century. Still, parts are missing. It is a very important source for the history of geography and provides exceptional details for the Levant of the Hellenistic time. Diodorus selected the name Bibliotheca in acknowledgment to the fact that he was assembling a composite work from many sources and its history has preserved precious accounts of ancient writers on geography of the Levant whose works had been lost. This edition of 18th century had been prepared by Wesseling after the discoveries of new manuscripts with parts of the work and is more complete than the previous, as Diodorus Historia was completed slowly over the centuries. An interesting copy. Scarce