Auction 358 Old & Rare Books - School Prize Bindings
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GOUDA -- CURTIUS RUFUS. De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni. Cum omnibus suppl., var. lect., comm. ac notis perpetuis F. Modii, V. Acidalii, T. Popmae, (…). Cur. & digessit H. Snakenburg. Delft & Leyden, A. Beman & S. Luchtmans, 1724. (74), 824, (223) pp. W. engr. front., fold. map & 17 engr. plates (of which 2 fold.). 4°. Cont. vellum w. raised bands, gilt coat of arms of Gouda on both sides, surrounded by 2 gilt borders, w. ties (2 ties gone, vellum on bottom of spine sl. dam., tiny pieces of vellum under coat of arms on back side lacking, else a very fine and clean copy).

Copy with printed school prize to J.H. de Lange, July 1773. And later provenance: Maria Ludovicus Rotgarius a Samartini, 11 sept. 1865. - Spoelder, 571 (Gouda 5); Schweiger II, 323; Graesse II, 311; Brunet II, 450: "Édition très-estimée"; Dibdin II, 376-77: "… very valuable performance, and is deservedly held in high respect."

€ 200

result € 160

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