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| − | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Herodotus Gronovii. Gr. Lat. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the 1763 edition published in Amersterdam while [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the edition published in Amsterdam in 1763. | + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Herodotus Gronovii. Gr. Lat. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the 1763 edition published in Amersterdam while Barbara Dean suggests the 1761 Foulis edition in her [[Dean Bibliography|bibliography]].<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 4 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary). </ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on April 21, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the edition published in Amsterdam in 1763. |
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}}==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | }}==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
Bound in full period leather binding with new spine in speckled calf. Red morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. All edges stained red. Contains the bookplate of Thomas S. McClelland on the front pastedown and that of Beloit College Library on the front free endpaper. Purchased from Rose's Books. | Bound in full period leather binding with new spine in speckled calf. Red morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. All edges stained red. Contains the bookplate of Thomas S. McClelland on the front pastedown and that of Beloit College Library on the front free endpaper. Purchased from Rose's Books. | ||
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by Herodotus
| Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai | |
 Title page from Hērodotou Halikarnēssēos Historiōn Logoi 9 Epigraphomenoi Mousai, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | Herodotus |
| Editor | Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, with notes of Petrus Wesseling |
| Published | Amstelodami: Sumptibus Petri Schoutenii |
| Date | 1763 |
| Language | Greek and Latin in parallel columns |
| Pages | [26], 868, 177, [69] |
| Desc. | Folio (43 cm.) |
| Location | Shelf N-5 |
Now considered one of the foundational books of history, Herodotus’s Histories, or The History, was originally criticized and discounted by his peers. His anthropological approach to history was much less desired than more political works. Analyzing the importance of culture in key historical events, Herodotus’s work fell to the wayside behind the “sharper but narrower political historiography of Thucydides.” [2]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Herodotus Gronovii. Gr. Lat. fol." and given by Thomas Jefferson to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Brown Bibliography[3] lists the 1763 edition published in Amersterdam while Barbara Dean suggests the 1761 Foulis edition in her bibliography.[4] George Wythe's Library[5] on LibraryThing states "Precise edition unknown. Several folio editions were published." The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's recommendation and purchased the edition published in Amsterdam in 1763.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in full period leather binding with new spine in speckled calf. Red morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. All edges stained red. Contains the bookplate of Thomas S. McClelland on the front pastedown and that of Beloit College Library on the front free endpaper. Purchased from Rose's Books.
Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
