CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus (fl. 1st century). Historiae Alexandri Magni. Edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 17 July 1494.
Second Venice edition of a history of Alexander the Great. First published in 1471, the text stems from a single source composed of ten books, from which the first two books and parts of five, six and ten were lost. HC *5885; GW 7875; BMC V 528; Bod-inc C-497; BSB-Ink C-721; ISTC ic01002000; Goff C-1002.
Chancery folio (296 x 204mm). 68 leaves, woodcut device on last leaf, initials (sheet a1.6 mounted on stubs, minor stains and wormholes, a few leaves faintly browned). Modern vellum. Provenance: a few later marginal annotations.
CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus (fl. 1st century). Historiae Alexandri Magni. Edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 17 July 1494.
Second Venice edition of a history of Alexander the Great. First published in 1471, the text stems from a single source composed of ten books, from which the first two books and parts of five, six and ten were lost. HC *5885; GW 7875; BMC V 528; Bod-inc C-497; BSB-Ink C-721; ISTC ic01002000; Goff C-1002.
Chancery folio (296 x 204mm). 68 leaves, woodcut device on last leaf, initials (sheet a1.6 mounted on stubs, minor stains and wormholes, a few leaves faintly browned). Modern vellum. Provenance: a few later marginal annotations.
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