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by Quintus Curtius Rufus

Historia Alexandri Magni
QCurtiiRufiHistoriaAlexandriMagni1658TitlePage.jpg

Title page from Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Quintus Curtius Rufus
Editor
Translator
Published Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Iohannem Elsevirium ...
Date 1658
Edition Editio accuratissima
Language Latin
Volumes volume set
Pages [4], 751, [1], 93, [47]
Desc. 8vo. (18 cm.)
Location Shelf J-4
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Map of Alexander's territory.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Signature, front fly-leaf.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bbound in period vellum with yapped edges, faint manuscript title to head of spine. Engraved title page colored by a contemporary hand. Signed "Henricus Gurphaas, van Eyck Anno 1701, ??? kal. Octobris" on front free endpaper. Front flyleaf inscribed " undio Wilhelm Christianides, vetus Sujus possessor, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem deficiente pecu deficit omne nia, furtum ablatum est restituendum." Rear free endpaper inscribed "Symbolum, veritas primitur, non tamen opprimitur, Mitto tibi navem, prora puppiq carentem."

View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

See also

References


External Links

Read the 1673 Amsterdam edition of this book in Google Books