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xxvi, [2], 778 pp. + maps. Illustrated with 9 wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of new maps by T. Poulton to which is added a life of Herodotus and the Behistun Inscription. 11½x7, quarter blue-green vellum & cloth, vellum decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. No. 179 of 675 copies, designed by Francis Meynell, printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge, England.

A fine press edition of the classic historical writings by the ancient Greek scholar, Herodotus. With illustrations, including maps of the Plan of Babylon, The Persian Empire, The Aegean, Greece, Italy, Libya, Egypt, Scythia, and Central Asia.