English ed. of Curtius' Alexander the Great
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Author: Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
Title: The Historie of Quintus Curtius, conteyning the Actes of the greate Alexander, translated out Latin into Englished by Iohn Brende...
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:[Richardi Tottell]
Date Published: [1561]
Description:
Author: Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
Title: The Historie of Quintus Curtius, conteyning the Actes of the greate Alexander, translated out Latin into Englished by Iohn Brende...
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:[Richardi Tottell]
Date Published: [1561]
Description:
199 leaves (numbered 1-205, with 6 internal leaves missing). Wanting the 1st 4 leaves including the title, and leaves 206-227 (being the whole of book 10). Printed in black letter type. 18.3x13.3 cm. (7¼x5¼"), later half calf & boards. Second edition in English.
The classic history of Alexander the Great by the first century Roman historian Quintus Curtius. This is the very rare second English edition, preceded by the 1553 edition with the same publisher, being a translation of Christoph Bruno's edition.
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Binding worn, covers coming detached; a number of leaves torn, a few missing portions of text; sold as is.
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English ed. of Curtius' Alexander the Great
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