ARRIEN. Expeditionis Alexandri Libri Septem et Historia Indi - Lot 60

ARRIEN. Expeditionis Alexandri Libri Septem et Historia Indica. Ex Bonav. Vulcanii Interpretatione latina post variam aliorum Lugduni Batavorum, Van der Aa, 1704. In-folio, [1]f. (title), [4] f., 376 p., [3] f., gilt vellum, 6-ribbed spine decorated with title in gilt lettering and richly decorated boxes, scrolls framing the boards with gilt irons at the corners, arms of the city of Amsterdam in the center of the boards, traces of laces, q. angul. marg. restorations (binding soiled, small hole on upper board, q. ff. browned, some freckling). Esteemed edition of this account of Alexander the Great's oriental expedition, with corrections and remarks by Dutch philologist Jacob Gronovius (1645-1716). Opposite Greek text and Latin, on 2 columns. Full-page engraved portrait of Gronovius, and two in-text illustrations. "This book[ ]contains[ ]still valuable notions on the geography and history of the countries that the Macedonian conquest had almost revealed to Europe (Larousse). (Dibdin I, 329).