[Rarebooks] FS: A "new" (1686) translation of "The Aethiopian History of Heliodorus"

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Heliodorus. THE AETHIOPIAN HISTORY OF HELIODORUS. In Ten Books. The First Five Translated by a Person of Quality, the Last Five by N. Tate... London: J. L. for Edward Poole. 1686. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. (12),228;160pp. The blank leaf before the second part is lacking. Cont. calf, spine somewhat rubbed, but quite sound. With the autograph of one John Beachey, dated 1686, on the front fly leaf.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The scarce first edition of this new translation, half of which was done by Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Wing H1373.


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