[Greece - Macedonia]. - Lot 16

[Greece - Macedonia]. SNAKENBURG, Henricus. QUINTE-CURCE or Quintus Curtius Rufus. Quinti Curtii Rufi de Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni, Regis Macedonum, Libri Superstites. Cum omnibus Supplementis, Variantibus Lectionibus, Commentariis ac Notis perpetuis Fr. Modii, V. Acidalii, T. Popmae, Joh. Freinshemh, Joh. Schefferi, Christoph Cellarii, Nic. Heinsii. [...] Delphis & Lugd. Bat. apud Adrianum Beman, Samuelemm Luchtmans, 1724. 2 volumes in-4. Frontispiece, [37] ff, folding map, 472 pp, 13 plates and [1] f., pp. 473-824, [112] ff, Index, Addenda and notes, 4 plates. Contemporary glazed blond calf, richly ornamented spine, red morocco title-piece and fawn tomaison, framed with triple gilt fillets, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roulette on the counter-pieces, red edges, marbled shell paper on the endpapers (slight rubbing to the binding, a few small stains on the boards, a slightly rubbed bit on the top cover of volume 1). A very fine copy. Modern, critical Latin edition of Quinte-Curce's work on Alexander the Great, printed here in Delft and Leiden by Adrian Beman and Samuel Luchtmans in the early 18th century. This text is one of the cornerstones of the Alexander vulgate, and its publication brings together the preserved books of the text, enriched with supplements, variant readings, and critical comments and notes by a number of humanists and philologists. Volume I is illustrated with 15 black etchings: a frontispiece engraved by F. Bleyswyk after H. Vander My, a large fold-out map of the region conquered by Alexander the Great and 13 etchings, title in red and black with vignette. The second volume contains 4 copper-engraved plates, also in black.