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Early English edition of Curtius' Alexander 1561

[bound with] Diodorus Siculus. A righte noble and pleasant history of the Successors of Alexander surnamed the Great, taken out of Diodorus Siculus: and some of their lives written by the wise Plutarch. Translated out of French into Englysh. by Thomas Stocker. [4], 159, [7] leaves. A-Z4, Aa-Ss4, Hh6. London: Henrie Bynneman for Humfrie Toy, 1569. STC 6893.

Together, 2 volumes bound in 1. (4to) 7½x5¼, contemporary English calf binding full tooled in gilt, with gilt emblem of Queen Elizabeth at center of each cover, raised spine bands, all edges gilt; recased with later endpapers.Very rare early English edition of Curtius and the first edition in English of Diordorus. The first edition in English of The Actes of the greate Alexander was printed in 1553 by the same publisher. A translation of Christoph Bruno's edition of: Historia Alexandri Magni, being a key account of the life and acts of Alexander the Great, written by the first century Roman historian. The second work is a translation of books 18-20 of the "Bibliotheca historica" of Diodorus from the French version of Claude de Seyssel, in turn a translation of the Latin translation of Janus Lascaris; with the life of Demetrius by Plutarch. Both works are very rare - only two incomplete copies of the 1561 Curtius are listed in the American Book Prices Current as having sold in the last 25 years, and only one copy of the 1569 Diordorus is listed in the same period. Armorial bookplate with 1860 date, the same devise blindstamped on title-page.
Heading: zzcPlace Published: London
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Date Published: 1561 & 1569