Shelfmark
Fe.6.14
Author
Uniform title
[Historia Alexandri Magni. 1670]
Title
Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum libri, accuratissime editi.
Varying form of title
Q. Cvrtii Rvfi Historiarum libri
Varying form of title
Historiarum libri
Publication, distribution, etc.
Amstelodami, : Ex officina Elzeviriana., Anno 1670.
Physical description
335, [17] p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : ill. (engr. map, woodcuts) ; 14 cm. (12mo)
Note
Edited by D. Heinsius.
Note
"Jani Rutgersii emendationes aliquot in Q. Curtio": p. 332-335.
Note
Edited by D. Heinsius.
Note
Engraved illustrated title-page.
Note
Folded engraved map; woodcut medallion portrait of Alexander the Great on A6v; full-page woodcut on D7r.
Note
Woodcut head- and tailpieces; initials.
Note
Pseudo-Elzevir edition (see Willems).
Citation/references note
Willems, A. Les Elzevier, no. 2145
Citation/references note
Rahir, 3332
Provenance
Ms. ex-libris inscription on flyleaf of Edward Waddington.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page verso "Tho Bryan Coll Regal Soc.", i.e. Thomas Bryan, K.S. at Eton 1672-78, fellow of King's College Cambridge 1680--91. See Sterry, Eton College Register, p. 53.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page verso "Hunc etiam - Knightlæus Chetwood", i.e. Knightly Chetwood, K.S. at Eton 1666-1671, fellow of King's College Cambridge 1675-86. See Sterry, Eton College Register, p. 70.
Binding
17th-century brown calf binding; blind double fillet borders with small blind-tooled pineapple corner ornaments; 20th-century calf spine, blind triple fillets, red morocco spine-label.
Copy-specific note
Some ms. marginalia and underlinings.
Copy-specific note
Previously Dk.8.09.
Subject
Alexander, 356 - 323 B.C the Great,
Subject
Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Heinsius, Daniel, 1580 - 1655 editor.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B32219