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Sale 234: Americana, Voyages, Exploration (#234) 01/10/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #59 Alexander Magnus, et In illum Comentarius Samuelis Pitisci, quo antiquitates Persarum, Macedonum, Phoenicum, Carthaginensium, Romanorum...

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Title:

Alexander Magnus, et In illum Comentarius Samuelis Pitisci, quo antiquitates Persarum, Macedonum, Phoenicum, Carthaginensium, Romanorum...

Author:

Curtius [Quintus Curtius Rufus]

Place Published:

The Hague

Publisher:

Petrum van Thol

Date Published:

1708

Description:

[62], 855, [164] pp. With copper-engraved added pictorial title; copper-engraved port. of Pitiscus; 4 folding copper-engraved maps; and 10 copper-engraved plates, 5 of them folding. (8vo) 7¾x4¾, period calf tooled in gilt on both covers & spine.

Octavo edition of Quintus Curtius' great work on Alexander the Great, written in the first century A.D. Of the ten original books, the first two have been lost. Notable for the maps and illustrations of the lands conquered by the Macedonian and his troops.

Condition:

Covers worn, joints cracked, spine ends and corners chipped, lacking the clasps and hinges; lacking front endpaper and apparently A1 (there is the engraved added title, then the title, which is A2 but unsigned), some soiling and aging within, else overall very good.

Item#:

111170
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