Shelfmark
Fe.6.10
Author
Uniform title
[Historia Alexandri Magni. 1556]
Title
Q. Curtii de gestis Alexandri Magni, libri XII. Quorum, qui temporis iniuria intercidera[n]t, duo priores, ex Arriano, Diodoro, Iustino, alijsq́[ue] probatiss[imis] authoribus restituti: lacunaeq́[ue] hincinde repletae: duo uerò posteriores, H. Glareani studio distincti. Ita ut Curtius antea mancus octoq́[ue] saltem libris cognitus, nunc integer dici possit. Quibus Alexandri Magni uitam praeposuimus. Praeterea, adiecimus Alexandri ad Aristotelem, de Indiæ situ, populis & belluis, epistolam. Item, Erasmi Roterodami annotationes: & elegantiarum flores Hul. Hutteni, in Curtium. Postremò, Hen. Glareani annotationes, nunc primùm in lucem editæ, adiectæ sunt. Cum locupletissimo rerum uerboru[mque] indice.
Varying form of title
Q. Cvrtii de gestis Alexandri Magni, libri XII
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De gestis Alexandri Magni libri duodecim
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ, : Per Henrichum Petri., anno Domini M.D.LVI. [1556]
Physical description
[48], 31, [1], 127, [1], 447, [49], 16, [128] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signatures: A-N⁸ a-z⁸ 2A-2H⁸ ²2A-²2I⁸.
Note
Date of publication from colophon: Basileae, apud Henrichum Petri, anno Domini MDLVI.
Note
Printer's device at end of each part.
Formatted contents note
No display constant generated: Contents: Erasmi Rot. epistola -- In Q. Curtii historiam de rebus ab Alexandro Magno, rege Macedonu[m] gestis, annotationes, alphabetico ordine digestae / Des. Erasmo Roterodamo authore -- Ex Q. Curtio elegantiarum flores / Hulricho Hutteno equite aurato, collectore -- Alexandri Magni uita, ex libris historiarum in compendium redacta / Ioanne Monarcho authore ; Angelo Cospo Bononiensi interprete -- Supplementa in Q. Curtium, pro continuatione historiae Alexandri Magni, regis Macedonum ex Arriano Nicomede[n]si, Diodoro Siculo, & Iustino collecta -- Q. Curtii De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni rêgis Macedonum, liber tertius [-duodecimus] -- Alexandri Magni epistola, de situ Indiae & itinerum in ea uastitate, ad Aristotelem pr[ae]ceptorum suum / in Latinitate[m] uersa à Cornelio Nepote -- In Q. Curtium rerum & uerborum locupletissimus index -- Henrichi Lorĭti Glareani in duodecim Q. Curtij libros argumenta ac annotationes.
Citation/references note
Adams, C3126
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Early 17th-century Oxford blind-stamped calf binding; blind triple fillet borders; centrepiece (note in ECL card catalogue: Ker IV); tie holes; four raised bands; red morocco spine-label.
Copy-specific note
Previously Fd.6.08.
Subject
Alexander, 356 - 323 B.C the Great, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Generals Greece Biography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Greece Kings and rulers Biography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Added entry--name
Petri, Heinrich, 1508 - 1579 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B32214