1763 HERODOTUS HISTORY MASSIVE FOLIO antique Historiarum Libri XI GREEK & LATIN

Herodotus. Historiarum Libri XI. Gr. et Lat. ex Laur. Vallae interpretatione. Amstelodami: Schoutenii, 1763 Engraved frontispiece; folding engraved plate. Large massive folio: 10 by 16.5"Old speckled calf, spine gilt in 7 compartments; front joint split and extremities worn, leather with some damages visible on the photosgenerally clean and sound internally.Text in Latin and Greek"Edition fort bien impr., et une des meilleures que l'on ait de cet historien." - Brunet III, page 123.==============================================Herodotus[a] (romanized: Herodotos; c.?484 – c.?425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He is known for having written the Histories – a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He has been described as "The Father of History",