Quintus CURCIUS RUFUS [QUINTE-CURCE]
De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum, libri decem
Apud Ioanem Frellonium|Lugduni [Leiden] • (Lyon) 1555|8 x 12.50 cm|relié
The editions of Quintus Curtius on the life of Alexander were numerous in the 16th century. We have been unable to determine whether this was a first edition from Jean Frellon, although we have not found any earlier edition from this publisher (notably in the Aurelianensis catalogue of 16th-century Lyon editions) present only in the Edinburgh catalogue.
Fine printing in Italic Minuscules. The last leaf bears the printer's mark with the scorpion of Michaël Sylvius typographus. Two old manuscript leaves at the end of the work on Alfonso king of Naples, and the Alexander of Quintus Curtius.
The last unpaginated part bears as its header: Alexandri magni epistola, de situ India [...] ad
Fine printing in Italic Minuscules. The last leaf bears the printer's mark with the scorpion of Michaël Sylvius typographus. Two old manuscript leaves at the end of the work on Alfonso king of Naples, and the Alexander of Quintus Curtius.
The last unpaginated part bears as its header: Alexandri magni epistola, de situ India [...] ad
€600