Q. Curtii Rufi De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni . cum supplementis Freinshemii. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Michael Le Tellier ...
Quintus Curtius Rufus (d.c.53AD)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126737
Summary
Bibliographic description
[34],417,[135]p. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Seventeenth- or eighteenth-century (?) inscription on recto of final free endpaper: A. Tristan. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, anonymous [of Earl of Buckinghamshire? If so, possibly of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (1695-1756) or John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (1723-1793)]. Pencil marginalia and note on final free endpaper. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Fordell House. E[arl] of Buckinghamshire H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 30/3 44 Lot 41. [i.e. Fordell, Fifeshire. Sale of property of John Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1906-1963)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; spine gilt; red spine label with title 'Q. Curtii Opera'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Quintus Curtius Rufus (d.c.53AD) Michel Le Tellier