Q. Curtii Rufi Alexander Magnus, et In illum Commentarius Samuelis Pitisci... Editio secunda priori ornatior & comptior
by Curtius Rufus, Quintus, and Samuel Pitiscus
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About This Item
Franciscum Halmam, 1693. Second edition. Vellum. pp. 785 + Index. Thick 8vo. Full vellum, with hand-lettering to spine. With 14 copper plate engravings, including illustrated title page, 7 folding illustrations, and one a map. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown (P. Small Keir Esq). Text unmarked, binding and joints sound. Lovely condition. The second edition, being more ornate and compact than the first. A biography of Alexander the Great, written originally in the first century or thereabouts, in ten books; later pieced together therefrom and printed in many editions as early as the ninth century.
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- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
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- Title
- Q. Curtii Rufi Alexander Magnus, et In illum Commentarius Samuelis Pitisci... Editio secunda priori ornatior & comptior
- Author
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus, and Samuel Pitiscus
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Franciscum Halmam
- Date Published
- 1693
- Keywords
- Alexander the Great
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Title Page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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