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Quinte-Curce (Quintus Curtius Rufus) Historia Alexandri Magni (1664) "Q. Curtii Rufi. Historia
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Quinte-Curce (Quintus Curtius Rufus) Historia Alexandri Magni (1664)
Ex Officina Elzeviriana (Elzevire)
Amstelodami (Amsterdam)
1664
Second Edition
Very good
19,5 x 12 cm
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"Q. Curtii Rufi. Historia Alexandri Magni. Cum Notis selectiss, Variorum: Raderi, Freinshemii Loccenii, Blancardi, &c. Editio accuratissima. Accurante C.S.M.D."
Full leather binding; Collation complete - Frontispiece title page, (2), 93, (44), 751, (1), 93, (46) pages. With a folding map tracing the expedition of Alexander the Great and one engraved plate; Text in Latin; Full leather binding is tight and firm. Spine and boards scuffed, top of the spine and boards corners chipped. Short cracking to the bottom of the back joints (3 cm). Pages/text block very bright and clear, with some yellowing and occasional light foxing. Overall the condition is Very Good.
Quintus Curtius Rufus, was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni" ('Histories of Alexander the Great', or more fully 'Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt', "All the Books That Survive of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon").
Ex Officina Elzeviriana (Elzevire)
Amstelodami (Amsterdam)
1664
Second Edition
Very good
19,5 x 12 cm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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Quinte-Curce (Quintus Curtius Rufus) Historia Alexandri Magni (1664)
Ex Officina Elzeviriana (Elzevire)
Amstelodami (Amsterdam)
1664
Second Edition
Very good
19,5 x 12 cm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
"Q. Curtii Rufi. Historia Alexandri Magni. Cum Notis selectiss, Variorum: Raderi, Freinshemii Loccenii, Blancardi, &c. Editio accuratissima. Accurante C.S.M.D."
Full leather binding; Collation complete - Frontispiece title page, (2), 93, (44), 751, (1), 93, (46) pages. With a folding map tracing the expedition of Alexander the Great and one engraved plate; Text in Latin; Full leather binding is tight and firm. Spine and boards scuffed, top of the spine and boards corners chipped. Short cracking to the bottom of the back joints (3 cm). Pages/text block very bright and clear, with some yellowing and occasional light foxing. Overall the condition is Very Good.
Quintus Curtius Rufus, was a Roman historian, probably of the 1st century, author of his only known and only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni" ('Histories of Alexander the Great', or more fully 'Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt', "All the Books That Survive of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon").
Ex Officina Elzeviriana (Elzevire)
Amstelodami (Amsterdam)
1664
Second Edition
Very good
19,5 x 12 cm
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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