Greek Herodotus, Italian treatise and Alpine peaks
The October 17 Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale focused largely on early printed medical, scientific and travel books but also included, at $24,000 (£18,180), a first edition in Greek of the works of Herodotus.
Translated by Lorenzo Villa and edited by Aldus Manutius, this copy of a work published at the lat…