Le Storie, Volume I, Volume Ii, Volume Iii, Volume Iv, Volume V, Volume Vi, Volume Viii, Volume Ix Erodoto [Herodotus] Ancient Greece And Rome

Extremely scarce in the trade in this state, complete, and condition. Handsome set of a First Edition Thus edition, complete in the nine volumes published jointly by Fondazione Lorenzo Valla and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, of Milan, Italy, during various years. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations including full-page maps and battle plans and full-color plates galore including of art works. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old; he is nearly blind, but he is still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Texts in Italian and Greek, with commentary and notes by various editors and translators. Bound simply in blue cloth over boards, with silver lettering and ruling to each spine. Double sewn-in linen ribbon bookmarks to several volumes. Six of the nine volumes have printed, illustrated, full-color paper dust jackets, each showing moderate edgewear and spine-sunning. Several of the volumes' spines are forward-cocked. Volume I, Libro I: La Lidia e la Persia (1991): cxlviii [2], 4-400 [6] pp. including a General Index, with notes and editing by David Asheri, translation by Virginio Antelami; Volume II, Libro II: L'Egitto (1993, with Introduction and commentary by Alan B. Lloyd, and translation by Augusto Fraschetti from Greek into Italian): lxxviii [5], 4-408 [7] pp., including General Index; Volume III, La Persia (1990, with Introduction and commentary by David Asheri, critical commentary by Silvio M. Medaglia, and translated from Greek into Italian by Augusto Fraschetti): liii [16], 4-396 [6] pp. including General Index; Volume IV, Libro IV: La Scizioa e la Libia (1993), Introduction and commentary by Aldo Corcella, additional criticism by Silvio M. Medaglia, translation from the original Greek by Augusto Fraschetti, liii [35], 4-403 [4] pp.; Volume V, Libro V: La Rivolta Della Ionia 1994), edited by Giuseppe Nenci, xciii [27], 4-340 pp.; Volume VI, Libro VI, La Battaglia di Maratona (1998), edited by Giuseppe Nenci, lxxii [2], 4-331 [5] pp.; Volume VII, Libro VII, Serse e Leonida (2017), edited by Vannicelli Corcella and Aldo Corcella and translated by Giuseppe Nenci, civ [2], 4-609 pp.; Volume VIII, Libro VIII, La Vittoria di Temistocle (2003), edited by David Asheri and Aldo Corcella, translated by Augusto Fraschetti, lxv [7], 4-411 [11] pp.; Volume VIII, Libro VIII, La Battaglia di Salamina (1990), edited by Agostino Masaracchia, xliv [4], 6-244 [8] pp. All in, a handsome set, complete in nine volumes, that looks great on the shelf.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.