Alexander Magnus et illum commentarius Samuelis Pitisci quo antiquitates persarum, macedonum, phoenicum...

New edition annotated by Samuel Pitiscus with third edition statement, and illustrated with a frontispiece title, a portrait of Pitiscus, 4 folding maps and 11 plates with 29 numbered figures (most of them folding) often quite curious (the gardens of Babylon) by Johan van den Avelen after G. Hoet. The first edition appears to have been published in 1684.
Contemporary brown half sheep binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Brown morocco title-label. Marbled edges. Overall rubbed, with paper lacking to boards. Outer edges worn and corners slightly bumped.
Abundantly annotated edition by Pitiscus, including Freinshemius's supplement, and a comprehensive index of antiquities. Pitiscus avoided confrontation with other commentators but endeavored to reproduce in his commentary what he judged best in others, both from grammatical and historical perspectives. This edition was well received by the Journal des savants. Pitiscus would produce a dictionary of Greco-Latin antiquities, of which he was a scholar.