Q. Curtius Rufus de Rebus Alexandri Magni cum Commentario Perpetuo & Indice Abfolutiffimo Samuelis Pitisci Quintus Accedunt Mottevayeri De Curtio Disfertatio Freinshemii Supplementa Figurae Ex Veterum Monumentis Adhiftoriam Alexandri Illuftrandam

Quinte-Curce.   Engraved map and numerous other engravings (somethimes folded)  Ultrajecti, Published by Apud Franciscum Halma Academ. typogr. Ordinarium,  1685    8vo  Contemporary full brick red goatskin, covers tooled in gilt with a double fillet border, an outer panel of a fillet with floral tools at the outer corners and centre of each side; raised bands, spine richly decorated and scrolled gilt in compartments, direct lettered gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; with engraved frontispiece  Head and tail of spine chipped with loss, front hinge lightly cracked and a little worn; still a very nice copy with the armorial bookplate of the Earl of Ashburnham    Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, writing probably during the reign of the Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) or Vespasian (69-79 AD). His only surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni, is a biography of Alexander the Great. Fluently written, while not completely accurate, it enjoyed popularity in the High Middle Ages, and is the main source for Walter of Chatillon's epic poem Alexandreis. 

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