ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ / Herodotus, Valckenaer Lodewijk Caspar (ed.), “ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΗΟΣ Ιστοριών Λόγοι Θ. Επιγραφόμενοι μούσαι / Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IX Musarum Nominibus Inscripti”, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Petri Schovtenii, 1763. Folio, pp. 868, 177, [67]. Edited by Valckenaer Lodewijk Caspar, with notes of Petrus Wesseling. The plates engraved by Francoise van Bleyswick after Hieronymus van der Mey. Title-page printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title-page, stunning frontispiece with a map of Greece, full-page engraved plate in pp. 167, chapter ornaments and engraved initials, engraved vignettes within text of the second pagination part at pages 119 and 170. Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns. Full-leather decorated in gilt. Ex-libris label “T. Gaisford”, occasional marginalia, signs of water-stain on the upper and lower parts mainly of the margins. External wear along joints, corners and extremities of the covers.