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CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus. The Historie of Quintus Curtius conteyning the Actes of the Great Alexander. Translated out of Latin into English by Iohn Brende. London: Abel Jeffes, 1592.
8° (138 x 84mm.) Large woodcut on title containing, inter alia, the arms of the City of London and Jeffes' device, several woodcut initials and headpieces, title and preliminaries printed in roman, text in black letter. (Several headlines shaved or partly cropped, some browning and staining, small wormhole in the last 7 leaves affects text very slightly, some repaired worming in the lower inner corners of the same leaves). 18th-century calf (rebacked).
Sixth edition of Brend's translation of Curtius Rufus. STC 6146.
8° (138 x 84mm.) Large woodcut on title containing, inter alia, the arms of the City of London and Jeffes' device, several woodcut initials and headpieces, title and preliminaries printed in roman, text in black letter. (Several headlines shaved or partly cropped, some browning and staining, small wormhole in the last 7 leaves affects text very slightly, some repaired worming in the lower inner corners of the same leaves). 18th-century calf (rebacked).
Sixth edition of Brend's translation of Curtius Rufus. STC 6146.
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