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The life of Alexander the Great translated by Glazemaker

CURTIUS.
Historie van Alexander den Grooten, Met de Vervullingen van J. Freinshemius; Uit het Latijn vertaald door J.H.  Glazemaker; Op nieuws overzien, en merkelyk in Styl en Taal verbetert, door een Liefhebber der Historien. Verrykt, met een goed getal Printverbeeldingen, benevens een Geslagt-register en Tyd-rekening. Door M. Le Tellier.

With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o.

With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o.

With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o.

With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o.

With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o.



Amsterdam, Andries van Damme, 1719. Contemp. vellum. With richly engraved allegorical frontipiece by P. Goeree, folding engraved map, and 14 engraved plates, of which 7 folding, after Le Brun, Poussin a.o. (40), 670, (34) pp.

Rare edition of the very popular Dutch translation of Curtius' "Life of Alexander the Great", translated by J.H. Glazemaker, and first published in 1663. It here is illustrated with beautiful engraved plates, so it must have been mainly used for private education of the more well-to-do children.

Good copy.- (Binding sl. stained).
Muller 340 (ed. 1683 with 10 plates); De Vries 361 (without the map); Scheepers II 312-313 (ed. of 1688 with 10  plates, and ed. of 1764); Geerebaert 105, 2b; not in NUC.

Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Dutch  History  Schoolbooks 

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