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Title: The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Author:
Herodotus (Greek, born Bodrum, Turkey (Halicarnassus) (?) ca. 484 BCE–ca. 430–20 BCE)
Translator:
George Rawlinson (British, Chadlington, Oxfordshire 1812–1902 Canterbury)
Editor:
Arnold Walter Lawrence (British, Oxford 1900–1991 Devizes, Wiltshire)
Artist:
Woodcuts by Valentin Le Campion (Russian, 1903–1952 (active France))
Designer:
After Sir Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell (British, London 1891–1975 Lavenham, Suffolk)
Author:
"Chapman" written by (Henry) Havelock Ellis (British, Croydon, Surrey 1859–1939 Hintlesham, Suffolk)
Author:
"A Letter..." written by Ambrose Hoopington (British, 20th century)
Author:
"The Devil..." written by John Henry Noyes Collier (Brixton, London 1901–1980 California)
Editor:
"The Greek Portrait..." edited by G. Rostrevor Hamilton (British, 1888–1967)
Illustrator:
"The Greek Portrait..." illustrated by Mariette Lydis (Austrian, active France, Vienna, 1890–1970)
Publisher:
The Nonesuch Press (London)
Printer:
Walter Lewis, M.A. (University Press, Cambridge)
Date: 1934–35
Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
Dimensions:
History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: 11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (28.7 x 17.6 cm)
Chapman: 10 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (25.7 x 16 cm)
A Letter to a Young Lady on Her Approaching Marriage: 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (22.2 x 14 cm)
The Devil and All: 8 15/16 x 5 3/8 in. (22.7 x 13.7 cm)
The Greek Portrait: 10 13/16 x 6 9/16 in. (27.5 x 16.7 cm)
Nonesuch News: 13 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. (33.2 x 23.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
Object Number: 68.593
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