Sale 2617 - Lot 178
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Sale 2617 - Lot 178
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Curtius Rufus, Quintus (1st century CE)
The Historie of Quintus Curtius, Conteyning the Actes of the Great Alexander.
London: Abel Jeffes, 1592.
Octavo, translated from Latin to English by John Brende from Christoph Bruno's Historia Alexandri Magni; with a lengthy contemporary note on preliminary blank facing the title; bound in contemporary limp parchment, tooled in gilt, aeg.; lacking ties; housed in a custom full red morocco folding box, 5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.
STC 6146; ESTC S109171; rare at auction.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
The Historie of Quintus Curtius, Conteyning the Actes of the Great Alexander.
London: Abel Jeffes, 1592.
Octavo, translated from Latin to English by John Brende from Christoph Bruno's Historia Alexandri Magni; with a lengthy contemporary note on preliminary blank facing the title; bound in contemporary limp parchment, tooled in gilt, aeg.; lacking ties; housed in a custom full red morocco folding box, 5 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.
STC 6146; ESTC S109171; rare at auction.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.