Item #13660 An Aethiopian History Written in Greek by Heliodorus. of Emesa Heliodorus, Thomas Underdowne.
An Aethiopian History Written in Greek by Heliodorus
An Aethiopian History Written in Greek by Heliodorus

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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