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Arrianus, Flavius
De Expedit. Alex. Magi, Historiarum Libri VIII. Ex Bonavent Vulcanii Brug. Nova interpretatione. Ab eodem quamplurimi loci ope veteris exemplaris restituti. Cum Indice copiosissimo.
Geneva 1575 Excudebat Henri. Stephanus rebacked expertly with matching vellum saving contemporary limp vellum. Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
First Critical Edition of Arian’s (2nd century AD) history of the expedition of Alexander the Great with its cintinuation, the “Indica”, which is a description of India and its people, customs, products, etc. The editor and translator was the noted classical scholar Bonaventura Vulcanius (1538-1614)
Dibdin “first critical edition” I, 328; Renouard p.142, #7; Hoffman I, 377; Moekli p.82-3; Brunet I, 497; Schreiber 195. 4to Printer’s device on title-page. Ex-library. With decorative library stamp and perforation stamp to title-page and H4. Occasional underlining and remarks in early ink, browned and occasional foxing as often the case with Geneva imprints. (12) 198, 68, (12). Index.
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