Here are set forth THE HISTORIES OF HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS that men's actions may npot in time be forgotten nor things great and wonderful, accomplished whether by Greeks or barbarians, go without report, nor, especially the cause of he wars between one nd the other. Translated.by Harry Carter.

LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This copy with the original letter describing the book and its production. Illustrated profusely throughout by Edward Bawden with drawings throughout the text and with very fine two page decorations in colour at the title-page and at the opening of each of the nine books within. Folding map of central Greece, and cartographic endleaves showing the Eastern Mediterranean, nearer Asia and North Africa at the front and Greece and the Aegean at the back. Royal, thick 8vo, publisher’s original earth-brown polished buckram, the spine lettered in gilt on a white lettering label, the upper cover decorated with a central oval device in ivory of Herodotus. In the publisher's original slipcase, decorated in colours by the illustrator. xxviii, 615, [1] pp. A very fine copy, as pristine, very clean and fresh throughout, the binding in excellent condition with minimal mellowing to the colour at the spine panel. The publisher's slipcase in excellent condition though with a few spots on the backstrip. An unusually well preserved copy, pristine and unused.

Edizione: limited edition, and one of the most beautiful modern printings of the greek historian. this is very pleasing copy: the gilt is brilliant and the volume is clean throughout. in all likelihood this particular copy has never been read.<br> herodotus, the greek historian was often called the “father of history” due to his systematic collection of sources and his attempt at intellectual rigor. his merits were “.the diligence with which he collected his materials, the candour and impartiality with which he has placed his facts before the reader, the absence of party bias and undue national vanity, and the breadth of his conception of the historian’s office.” while he was not especially critical, his writing was romantic and he depicted events vividly and without pretension. other writers (e.g. historians) lauded his polished and yet simple and harmonious style. <br> his work represents the first significant greek writing and covers the struggle between asia and europe, ending in the persian invasion of greece (490 to 479 bc). with the growth of persia into an empire, herodotus takes into account the histories of lydia, assyria, egypt and scythia, for example. his descriptions include migrations, colonization, business, revolutions and religion of the various geographical sites. his account of the war itself “forms the basis of all modern histories; and, more than that, it is the stuff of legends.” because herodotus’ recounting of these tales is quite dramatic, he “is far more than a valuable source: always readable, his work has been quoted and translated ever since.” (pmm)