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An Aethiopian History Written in Greek by Heliodorus
London: David Nutt, 1895. First Edition Thus. 8vo. xxix, (3), 290, (1) pp. Chapter initials. Englished by Thomas Underdowne, anno 1587. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. Three-quarter black leather with gilt ruling, decoration & lettering; TEG; marbled endpapers. A fine copy (spine lightly faded). Item #13660
Volume V of the Tudor Translations. An ancient Greek romance or novel by Heliodorus of Emesa and is his only known work; it is among the few surviving novels written in ancient Greek.
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