Flavius Arrianus; Bonaventura Vulcanis, tr: De Expedit. Alex. Magi, Historiarum Libri VIII. Ex Bonavent Vulcanii Brug. Nova interpretatione. Ab eodem quamplurimi loci ope veteris exemplaris restituti. Cum Indice copiosissimo

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Flavius Arrianus; Bonaventura Vulcanis, tr : De Expedit. Alex. Magi, Historiarum Libri VIII. Ex Bonavent Vulcanii Brug. Nova interpretatione. Ab eodem quamplurimi loci ope veteris exemplaris restituti. Cum Indice copiosissimo

Henri Stephanus, Geneva, c. 1575

Contemporary full limp vellum, rebacked expertly in matching vellum, flat spine with title label. , With decorative library stamp and perforation stamp to title page and H4, occasional underlining and marginalia in period ink, browned and occasional foxing as is typical with Geneva imprints, otherwise a very good copy in an attractive marbled board slipcase., 4to, P. (12), 198; 68, (12), index., Printer's device on title page.

Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
First Critical Edition of Arian’s (2nd century AD) history of the expedition of Alexander the Great with its continuation, the “Indica”, which is a description of India and its people, customs, products, etc. The editor and translator was the noted classical scholar Bonaventura Vulcanius (1538-1614).
, Bonaventura Vulcanis, Dibdin “first critical edition” I, 328; Renouard p.142, #7; Hoffman I, 377; Moekli p.82-3; Brunet I, 497; Schreiber 195.

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