Quintus CURCIUS RUFUS [QUINTE-CURCE]
De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum
Giovani Tacuino|Venise [Venice] 1494|22 x 33 cm|relié
De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum
An attractive edition by Giovanni Tacuino with 46 lines to t
Giovanni Tacuino, Venice 1494, in-folio 22 x 33 cm, (68 ff.) [sig a8-dl6], 15th-century binding
The very rare first edition of Quintus Curtius Rufus' History of Alexander the Great, edited by Bartolomeo Merula who corrected (without altering the main body of the text) the errors in the editio princeps by Vindelin de Spire (1470 or 1471). A second edition appeared in 1496 with the same pagination. The History of Alexander the Great makes up books III to IX of the complete works of Curtius Rufus.An attractive edition by Giovanni Tacuino with 46 lines to t
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