Q. Curtii Rufi Alexander Magnus, et In illum Commentarius Samuelis Pitischi...; Editio secunda priori ornatior & comptior
by CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus & PITISCUS, Samuel
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Utrecht: Franciscum Halmam, 1693. Second. hardcover. very good(+). Extra-engraved title page and 13 other fine copperplates, 7 folding, including 1 map. [46], 785, [164] pages. Two volumes in one with continuous pagination. Very thick 8vo, full contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine; hinges cracked but still sound. Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Apud Franciscum Halmam, 1693. Second edition. A very good(+) copy with clean plates.<br/><br/> A good, annotated edition of De Rebus gesti Alexandri Magni, a biography of Alexander the Great, by the first century A.D. Roman rhetorician. This is one of the primary sources on the Macedonian king's life. Brunet II 449.<br/><br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 250929
- Title
- Q. Curtii Rufi Alexander Magnus, et In illum Commentarius Samuelis Pitischi...; Editio secunda priori ornatior & comptior
- Author
- CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus & PITISCUS, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good(+)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second
- Publisher
- Franciscum Halmam
- Place of Publication
- Utrecht
- Date Published
- 1693
- Keywords
- Pitiscus,Samuel;ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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