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Historiae

Author Written by Herodotus Greek
Publisher Published by Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis Italian
Designer Design of woodcuts attributed to Benedetto Bordone Italian
March 8, 1494
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Object Information
  • Title: Historiae
  • Author: Written by Herodotus (Greek, born Bodrum, Turkey (Halicarnassus) (?) ca. 484 BCE–ca. 430–20 BCE)
  • Publisher: Published by Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis (Italian, active Venice, ca. 1480–ca. 1515)
  • Designer: Design of woodcuts attributed to Benedetto Bordone (Italian, Padua ca. 1455/60–1530 Padua, active mainly Venice from 1488)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: March 8, 1494
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut frontispiece within ornamental woodcut border.
  • Dimensions: 12 1/16 × 8 9/16 × 1 in. (30.7 × 21.8 × 2.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.72.2bis
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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