"Herodotus: A New And Literal Version From The Text Of Baehr, With A Geographical And General Index" By Henry Cary, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1868.

Embossed hard boards, original cloth with gold lettering on spine [cloth wear and aging]; 4.3/4" x 7.3/4"; inscription dated 1870 on the front endpaper, fold-out map, 613 pages including Index, c.5 text pages missing [in Euterpe II and Thalia III], a few pencil marks, good condition.

Herodotus (c.484-c.425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria (Italy). He is known for having written the Histories - a detailed account of the Greco-Persian Wars. Herodotus was the first writer to perform systematic investigation of historical events. He is referred to as "The Father of History", a title conferred on him by the ancient Roman orator Cicero.

The Histories primarily cover the lives of prominent kings and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale. His work deviates from the main topics to provide a cultural, ethnographical, geographical, and historiographical background that forms an essential part of the narrative and provides readers with a wellspring of additional information. A sizable portion of the Histories has since been confirmed by modern historians and archaeologists.

Henry Cary, (1804-1870) was a barrister, classical scholar, Anglican clergyman, and early District Court Judge in the Colony of New South Wales. He is mainly known for his translation of the books by Herodotus and Homer. His father, Reverend Henry Francis Cary (1772- 1844) was a British author and translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.

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