Quintus Curtius Rufus. HISTORIA ALEXANDRI MAGNI. Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1673. Blind and gilt stamped calf, gilt and raised bands on spine, edges speckled. 8vo; π2 a-h8 i4 k2, A-3A8; [2 title page and dedication], 93, [47index], 751, [1]pp. (complete but with this copy mis-bound placing the Freinshemius Supplement at the beginning). Roman type with italic; text in Latin. With supplement, index, engraved title page, folding map, full page plate, ornaments, head-pieces, decorated initials. Willems 1482; USTC 1810122.

7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Quintus Curtius Rufus was an ancient Roman historian. Although Histories of Alexander the Great is his only known work, it was incredibly influential beginning in the medieval period and Renaissance. It was first printed just a few decades after the invention of the printing press, with new editions still being printed today.

Boards with edgewear, corners bumped, spine darkened and lightly creased with chips at head and tail, joints cracked; paste-downs with typical staining from binder's glue, 18th century manuscript on free endpaper, bookplate on verso of title page; light toning and foxing, occasional stain; about very good copy of this important biography.