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The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus

1934–35
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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
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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