B32216

Shelfmark

Fe.6.11

Author

Curtius Rufus, Quintus

Uniform title

[Historia Alexandri Magni., 1545]

Title

Quinti Curtii de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Macedonum regis historia lucule[n]tissima, multò maiore, quàm hactenus unquam, uigilantia emendata minimeq́[ue] pœnitenda eorum, quæ antea desiderabantur, accessione locupletata: ut clarius proxima cognosces pagella.

Varying form of title

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, Macedonum regis

Varying form of title

Qvinti Cvrtii de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, Macedonum regis

Publication, distribution, etc.

Lugduni :, Apud Seb. Gryphium,, 1545.

Physical description

329, [23] p. ;, 17 cm.

Note

Edited by Christoph Bruno.

Note

Gryphius first published this text, better known as Historia Alexandri Magni, in 1541 (with annotations of Erasmus); the text edited by Bruno was first published in 1545.

Note

Signatures: a-y⁸ (y8 blank).

Note

Printer's device on title page with motto "Virtute duce, comite fortuna"; gryphon device on leaf y7v.

Provenance

Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

Provenance

Ms. inscription on leaf y7v "John Pope junior his book" dated 1712.

Binding

18th-century quarter calf and blue paper boards; four raised bands; red morocco spine-label; ms. parchment guard at end; ms. fore-edge title "Q: Cur".

Copy-specific note

Ms. annotations in an early hand on final leaves: "Lord have me[r]cy upon us ...".

Copy-specific note

Previously Fd.5.06.

Subject

Alexander, the Great,

Subject

Generals, Greece, Biography

Subject

Armenia (Place), Kings and rulers, Biography

Subject

Armenia (Place), History, Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.

Added entry--name

Gryphius, Sebastianus, printer.

Added entry--name

Bruno, Christoph, editor.

Added entry--name

Reynolds, John, former owner.

Added entry--place

France, Lyon

001B32216

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aFe.6.11

1001#$aCurtius Rufus, Quintus

24010$aHistoria Alexandri Magni.$f1545

24510$aQuinti Curtii de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Macedonum regis historia lucule[n]tissima, multò maiore, quàm hactenus unquam, uigilantia emendata minimeq́[ue] pœnitenda eorum, quæ antea desiderabantur, accessione locupletata: ut clarius proxima cognosces pagella.

2463#$aDe rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, Macedonum regis

2463#$aQvinti Cvrtii de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, Macedonum regis

260##$aLugduni :$bApud Seb. Gryphium,$c1545.

300##$a329, [23] p. ;$c17 cm.

500##$aEdited by Christoph Bruno.

500##$aGryphius first published this text, better known as Historia Alexandri Magni, in 1541 (with annotations of Erasmus); the text edited by Bruno was first published in 1545.

500##$aSignatures: a-y⁸ (y8 blank).

500##$aPrinter's device on title page with motto "Virtute duce, comite fortuna"; gryphon device on leaf y7v.

561##$aBooklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

561##$aMs. inscription on leaf y7v "John Pope junior his book" dated 1712.

563##$a18th-century quarter calf and blue paper boards; four raised bands; red morocco spine-label; ms. parchment guard at end; ms. fore-edge title "Q: Cur".

590##$aMs. annotations in an early hand on final leaves: "Lord have me[r]cy upon us ...".

590##$aPreviously Fd.5.06.

60000$aAlexander$cthe Great,

650#0$aGenerals$zGreece$vBiography

651#0$aArmenia$xKings and rulers$vBiography

651#0$aArmenia$xHistory$yMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.

7001#$aGryphius, Sebastianus$eprinter.

7001#$aBruno, Christoph$eeditor.

7001#$aReynolds, John$cformer owner.

752##$aFrance$dLyon