De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni – Quintus Curtius Rufus – 1724 | 2 vol Latin, Maps

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni by Quintus Curtius Rufus is a famous and important work celebrating the life of Alexander the Great. Curtius describes the strange and mysterious things that Alexander the Great encounters on his military expedition and does so with great historical acumen. This book, along with Livy and Tacitus, should always be considered part of the canon of ancient world texts.

This edition was collected and edited by Henricus Snakenburg. This first Snakenburg edition was published in 1724 in two large tomes and features extensive commentary by numerous authors including Popmae, Freinshem, Cellarii, and Heinsius.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quinti Curtii Rufi De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, regis Macedonum, libri superstites: cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariis
• Author(s): Quintus Curtius Rufus
• Contributor(s): Jean Freinshemius (Editor); Hendrik Snakenburg (Editor)
• Publisher: Apud Adrianum Beman, Samuelem Luchtmans, Delphis & Lugd. Bat.
• Edition: 1724
• Format: (4to), two volumes
• Binding: Original full marbled leather; gilt title and page edges
• Size:  8 x 5 in (20.3 x 12.7 cm)
• Collation: [74], 472, [2], 473-824, [226];
  • Continuously paged
• Illustrations: 19 engraved plates including frontispiece
• Provenance: bookplate – Bridehead
• Contents Include:
  • Editorial notes by Freinshemius, edited by Snakenburg
  • Philological commentary from the Enlightenment period

Condition:

Very Good. Bound in gilt-decorated leather, the volumes retain secure bindings with strong text blocks. The plates are complete, paper shows typical toning for the period, and the overall presentation is clean and well preserved.

Why Collect This?

• Latin folio edition of Curtius Rufus’s account of Alexander the Great
• Edited by Hendrik Snakenburg, an early modern Dutch philologist

Item Number: # 29242