Author: Henri Estiene; Henri Estienne
Title: Apologie Pour Herodote. Ou Traite de la Conformite Des Merveilles Anciennes Avec Les Modernes
Description: Haye, Henri Scheurleer, 1735. Leather. A smart edition of Henri Estienne's controversial attack on sixteenth century society, veiled as a look at the life of the Greek historian Herodotus. In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.Henri Estienne's controversial work on Herodotus. In these three volumes Estienne describes a series of strange stories from Herodotus' life, creating parallels to equally strange stories from Estienne's own times, in a very satirical look at his contemporary world. Estienne's contempt for his society stirred much controversy, including with Genevan churchmen, with Estienne describing his thoughts of the failings of priests; this led to Estienne to be arrested and being obliged to cancel the offending pages. Though the work was offensive to some, it still proved to be incredibly popular, going through twelve editions within sixteen years.Estienne was a sixteenth century French classical scholar. This work was first published in 1566.Herodotus was a Greek historian was the Persian Empire, best known for his 'Histories', a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. He is generally regarded to be 'The Father of History&apos. A new edition with notes and remarks by Mr. Duchat. In a full mottled calf binding. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing to the boards and spines. Crack to the head and tail of the front joint of Volume I, with loss to the tail of the front joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. Only a few small marks. Small chip to the head of the spine of Volume II, and a couple of small chips to the joints, slightly larger to the rear joint. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the front endpaper of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with only a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Apologie pour Herodote herodote henri estienne herodotus herodote ancient greece Not Stated
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Title: Apologie Pour Herodote. Ou Traite de la Conformite Des Merveilles Anciennes Avec Les Modernes
Description: Haye, Henri Scheurleer, 1735. Leather. A smart edition of Henri Estienne's controversial attack on sixteenth century society, veiled as a look at the life of the Greek historian Herodotus. In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.Henri Estienne's controversial work on Herodotus. In these three volumes Estienne describes a series of strange stories from Herodotus' life, creating parallels to equally strange stories from Estienne's own times, in a very satirical look at his contemporary world. Estienne's contempt for his society stirred much controversy, including with Genevan churchmen, with Estienne describing his thoughts of the failings of priests; this led to Estienne to be arrested and being obliged to cancel the offending pages. Though the work was offensive to some, it still proved to be incredibly popular, going through twelve editions within sixteen years.Estienne was a sixteenth century French classical scholar. This work was first published in 1566.Herodotus was a Greek historian was the Persian Empire, best known for his 'Histories', a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. He is generally regarded to be 'The Father of History&apos. A new edition with notes and remarks by Mr. Duchat. In a full mottled calf binding. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing to the boards and spines. Crack to the head and tail of the front joint of Volume I, with loss to the tail of the front joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. Only a few small marks. Small chip to the head of the spine of Volume II, and a couple of small chips to the joints, slightly larger to the rear joint. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the front endpaper of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with only a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Apologie pour Herodote herodote henri estienne herodotus herodote ancient greece Not Stated
Price: GBP 475.00 = appr. US$ 678.29 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 854P4
- Book number: 854P4
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