This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original

This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original
This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original
This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original
This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original
This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original

This 1540 edition of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is printed in the original Greek and features woodcut initials as well as a printer’s device. In addition, it has been heavily annotated in both Greek and Latin. Images from:Thucydides cum scholiis et antiquis et utilibus sine quibus autor intellectu multum est difficilis. Basileae : Ex officina Hervagiana, 1540.Call Number: DF229 .T56 G7 1540Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/2ZmjKAp -- source link


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