“ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΗΟΣ Ιστοριών Λόγοι Θ. / Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX… ”, Henricus Stephanus, 1592. Second Edition. Folio (340 x 210mm), pp. [46], 731, [25 index]. First published by Henri Estienne in 1566. Text in Latin and Greek in parallel columns, woodcut ornaments and initials throughout. Title page printed in red and black.

Herodotus Histories is clearly the centerpiece of the edition (pp. 1-635), but the focus of the ancillary material very much highlights 16th-century interest in the East. Herodotus nine books of his Histories cover the time period 650-479 BC and focus on what led up to the great wars between the Persian Empire and the Greeks in the early 5th century and how these wars unfolded.

Waterstain on external lower corner more evident at first and last part of book, spotting throughout. Binding: later leather on spine decorated in giult & marbled carton boards, rubbed along extremities