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CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus

De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, regis Macedonum, libri superstites, edited by Henrik Snakenburg
Delft, Leiden
Beman, Adrianus, Luchtmans, Samuel
1724
€120 - €180

in 4, [78], 824, [222] pp, Engraved frontispiece by F. Bleyswyck, woodcut printer's device on title page, 3 folding engravings (incl. map of the Hellenistic world) and 15 full-page plates depicting coins, portraits and other illustrations. Amsterdam Prize Binding: full vellum and richly gold-tooled, with the coat of arms of Amsterdam on both covers, in the four corners and on the spine

Brown ink note on the inside front cover, stating : ""édition très estimée"" Ref. Brunet II, 450; Dibdin II, 376-77 ; Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated bookbinding, I, p. 189, rubbing K