CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus (d. 53). The Historie of Quintus Curtius, conteynng the Actes of the greate Alexander. Translated into English by John Brende. London: heirs of Richard Tottell, 1561. 4° (193 x 133mm). Woodcut title border [McKerrow & Ferguson 112], woodcut initials. With final blank. (Some light dampstaining.) 19th-century tree calf, flat spine gilt (lightly worn at extremities, spine label a little defective, front flyleaf detached). Provenance: a few contemporary annotations -- J.G. (18th-century initials) -- W. Ford, 1799 (inscriptions) -- J.G. (early initials) -- Grant (armorial bookplate).

CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus (d. 53). The Historie of Quintus Curtius, conteynng the Actes of the greate Alexander. Translated into English by John Brende. London: heirs of Richard Tottell, 1561. 4° (193 x 133mm). Woodcut title border [McKerrow & Ferguson 112], woodcut initials. With final blank. (Some light dampstaining.) 19th-century tree calf, flat spine gilt (lightly worn at extremities, spine label a little defective, front flyleaf detached). Provenance: a few contemporary annotations -- J.G. (18th-century initials) -- W. Ford, 1799 (inscriptions) -- J.G. (early initials) -- Grant (armorial bookplate).

Third English edition of Curtius Rufus's history of Alexander the Great, the only Roman work on Alexander to survive. Written with dramatic flair, it follows Alexander from his march through Phrygia and cutting the Gordian knot. STC 6143.