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First vernacular translation of Thucydides

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First vernacular translation of Thucydides

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Author: Thucydides
Title: Lhistoire de la Guerre, qui fut entre les Peloponnesiens et Atheniens
Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher:[Jodocus Badius]
Date Published: [1527]
Description: [16], cclxxxi pp. (Folio) 32.5x22 cm (13x8¾"), period calf, elaborately blindstamped, repaired with endpapers renewed, felt-lined cloth slipcase. First edition in French.The first vernacular translation of Thucydides, though from Valla's Latin translation rather than directly from the original Greek. Early inscriptions on front flyleaf, and occasionally in volume.

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Binding moderately cracked and rubbed; preliminary and final leaves worn and soiled, title leaf with loss at top, light but wide dampstaining, minor worming; still very good.

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First vernacular translation of Thucydides

Name: First vernacular translation of Thucydides
SKU: 161278318
Price: 750 USD
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