Arrianus flavius bartholomaeus facius (1 risultati)

Small Octavo. The first portion of the text is in Greek and the following text is in Latin. 13[2]; a-z8, A-R8; [13] blank; 1-397pp. The text is by Arrian of Nicomedia (c. 86/80--c. after 146-160 A.D.). The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. All that is known of Epictetus is from Arrian. The printer Robert Winter was known for making very nice copies who issued a printed catalog which was in Florence but disappeared after the 1966 flood. OCLC located one copy at the University of Illinois, and dozens in Germany and Switzerland. Original sixteenth-century blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin binding over wooden boards, four raised bands, two fine original metal clasps, bottom clasp now broken, with an early bookplate of "AK" on front pastedown. Laid in is a greeting card "Mr. William Snelling Hadaway".…