Author: Rufus, Q. Curtius (1st Century AD)
Title: DE REBUS GESTIS ALEXANDRI MAGNI, cum commentariis Raderi, Bongarsii, Popmae Salmasii, Gronovii, Loccenii, & Freinshemii .. Accedunt figurae aeneae ad Historiam ALEXANDRI Magni apud Curtium illustrandam necessariae..
Description: Lugduni Batavorum [ie Leiden], Petrus vander Aa 1696 Engraved titlepage + + 36 Plates including many folding maps,plans etc. + two text illustrations. . 8vo later vellum spine boards [tips rubbed] [viii includes frontis + engraved vignette to title + plate of coins, dedication & To reader etc.] +86 numbered pages + [54pp of indexes] + 918pp + {1 leaf advert for Livy's history in prepartion] Some foxing/browning but all pages well attached and folding plates are neat and tight with one having an archival repair to the blank verso without loss. Spine split in two. There is no wear and tear to text. Signature on Frontispiece dated 1977, another on titlepage dated 1736. No annotations or underlining and text entirely legible and pages sound. A scarce edition and One of the Best Illustrated Editions. *Contains an excellent map of Alexander`s empire. The first of this edition of Curtius`s History of Alexander the Great was published in 1648, all copies derive from an Aachen transcription during the Carolingian Renaissance. The identity of Curtius is not fully known, although he may have been a Consul to Emperor Claudius.

Keywords: Latin classical history Alexander Many folding plates, maps


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