Bidspirit auction | Quinto Curzio Rufo
Quinto Curzio Rufo - Quinto Curzio Rufo - Hos nouem Q. Curtii libros de rebus gestis Alexandri Magni regis macedonum quanaccuratissime recognitos, 1481. Milan, Antonius Zarotus, for Johannes de Legnano, 26 Mar. 1481. In 4°. [126 cc.] Space reserved for initials, numerous notes written in an ancient hand, some small stains, detached q1 leaf, contemporary binding in cypress boards and leather, some minor defects. Ownership note on the first leaf by Hieronimus Suardi, who purchased the volume in 1497. The same hand writes ”Codex Hieronymi Suardi” under the colophon and transcribes an epitaph in Latin verse on the next blank.