Quintus Curtius; traduiert von Du Ryer - Quinte-Curce, De la vie et des actions d'Alexandre le Grand - 1668-1668

History of the life and deeds of Alexander the Great
Published 1668
Written by Quintius Curtis Rufus / Q. Curtii Rufi
Publisher Chez Louys Brillaine, Paris
Format 10.5 x 16 cm
Pages 584 + 3 pp. Introduction, 13 foreword pages and 46 index
By Claude Favre de Vaigelas, a French grammarian and translator, translated into French and annotated.
Original full calf leather binding with leather corners and raised bands; ornate gilt on the spine; mildly rubbed; minimal drying-spotting at the lower back.
Else, upon inspection, an otherwise flawless copy.
Marbled edges all around
Steel-engraved portrait of Alexander as frontispiece
With title vignette
Royal ex libris
The work is extremely rare in this edition and has been sighted only in digital libraries.
With an age of more than 300 years, a particularly well-preserved copy.