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1702. Paris, Michel Brunet, 1702. Small 8vo. 2 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Light wear to top of spines. Stamp on title-pages. (52),449,(3);(2),435 pp. Clean and fine.

1702. Paris, Michel Brunet, 1702. Small 8vo. 2 contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Light wear to top of spines. Stamp on title-pages. (52),449,(3);(2),435 pp. Clean and fine.

Lyons: Pierre Thened, 1705. Fourth Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volumes. 12mo. Vol. I: [30], 532, [38 pp. index], engraved frontis., folding map, one folding plate. Vol. II: [10], 442, [20 pp. index]. Marbled endpapers. Early polished calf, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, dentelles, red morocco labels. Light wear to spine ends; a corners worn through. Owner inscriptions in old hand on ffep and title. Occasional mild soiling. A handsome set. Fourth edition. Though his dates are uncertain, the rhetorician and historian Quintus Curtius Rufus most likely wrote his Life of Alexander the Great during the reign of Claudius in the middle of the first century C.E.Modeled on the classic style of Livy, perhaps verging toward parody, this emotional portrayal of Alexander is marked by vivid detail, bold speeches and "reflects the Peripatetic view of a tyrant favored by Fortune" (Oxford Classical Dictionary). Only eight of Curtius's 10 books have been passed down from antiquity, leaving gaps. As a… Read More

Dernière Édition, divisée en dex volumes. Sur une nouvelle Copie de l'Auteur, qui a été trouvée depuis la premiere & la seconde Impression. Avec les Supplémens de Jean Freinshemius sur Quinte-Curce. Traduits par seu Monsieur Du Ryer. Latin-Français. 2 vols. Lille, chez L. Daniel, 1712. Cont.hleather on marbled boards. (28), 532, (38) and 5 engr. plates; (6), 442, (20), (2), (2) pp. and 3 engr. plates. 12mo. Name of previous owner in old handwriting on both titlepages. In good condition.

Amsterdam: Henrij Wetstein, 1684. 16mo, pp. [24], 612, [34]; *8 2*4 A-2S4; engraved title page, 10 plates, woodcut printer's device, initials, and head- and tail-pieces; full contemporary calf, gilt spine in 6 compartments, maroon morocco spine label; edges rubbed, hinges a bit cracked; 18th-century and modern bookplate to front pastedown; textblock fine. Graesse II, p. 313: "Cette traduction peu fidèle a été cent fois répétée et mérite encore une mention honorable, comme étant un bon monument du progrès de la langue française."