‎WESSELING [PETER] Petri Wesselingii‎
‎Dissertatio Herodotea ad Ti. Hemsterhusium V. C. - Trajecti ad Rhenum.‎

‎ Gisb. Tim Paddenburg et Abrahamum Paddenburg, Bibliopolas, 1758. In-12, Leather binding, (1)f.-215pp.-(5)ff. First Edition. ‎

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‎First monograph of significance about the Greek historian Herodotus. First edition. Peter Wesseling, was from 1735-1764 professor at Utrecht, in the Faculty of Humanities, and from 1746 also a professor in the Faculty of Law. He was in the first place historian. One of his key achievement was the opening up of the work of Herodotus, who - where others focused their look to the mythical history- went deeply into in the human history. Herodotus was actively and methodically searching for the historical "truth." He strove to find the causes of the events; he wanted to explain the facts. Wesseling thus exerted great influence, even internationally, on the modernization of historiography. Binding with some wear and damage, inside foxing, complete, condition acceptable. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €) ‎