Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica, excudit Petrus Vander Aa Lugduni Batavorum (=Leiden) 1704,

Arrianus, Flavius [Arrian of Nicomedia] & Gronovius, Jacobus

Ancient Greek history 1704 | Ἀρριανοῦ Νιψομηδέως Ἀναβασέως Ἀλεξάνδρου βιβλία ἕπτα, καὶ, Ινδική = Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica, excudit Petrus Vander Aa Lugduni Batavorum (=Leiden) 1704, (10)+376+(6) pp. Quarto edition, in -4.

Name: Ancient Greek history 1704 | Ἀρριανοῦ Νιψομηδέως Ἀναβασέως Ἀλεξάνδρου βιβλία ἕπτα, καὶ, Ινδική = Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica, excudit Petrus Vander Aa Lugduni Batavorum (=Leiden) 1704, (10)+376+(6) pp. Quarto edition, in -4.
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Classic publication of two works Flavius Arrianus (ca 86-160 A.C.) Text in Greek and Latin. With the portrait of Jacobus Gronovius. 1. Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem (Anabasis Alexandri), seven parts on the military campaings of Alexander the Great. Based on Ptolemaeus and Aristobulus. 2. Historio Indica, travels of Nearchus, an admiral of Alexander, from India to Persian Gulf with observations on geography, culture and fauna of India.

Full title: Ἀρριανοῦ Νιψομηδέως Ἀναβασέως Ἀλεξάνδρου βιβλία ἕπτα, καὶ, Ινδική = Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica. / Arrianou Nikomēdeōs Anabaseōs Alexandrou Biblia hepta, kai, Indikē = Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica. Title in Greek and Latin printed in red and black on title page. With title vignette, Frontispiece engraved portrait of Jacobus Gronovius. Dedication to Cosmo III. “Exercitatio de Fossa ex Euphrate.”: pages 361-376. “Addenda aut mutanda in notis”: page 376. Includes index.

Cardboard binding with decorated paper with extensive wear, many paper is vanished. Interior in better condition but the first 12 pages loose and 2 pages with a tear. Portrait and titlepage (in red and black ink) in good condition.

[NL] Dit boek is een van de betere bronnen van het leven van Alexander de Grote. De verzorger van dit boek was Jacobus Gronovius, ook wel Jacob Gronow (1645-1716), een Nederlandse filoloog. Zoon van Johann Friedrich (Joannes Fredericus) Gronovius (1611-1671), een vooraanstaande Duits-Nederlandse classicus. Hoogleraar aan de Universiteit Leiden en bibliothecaris van de universiteit. De Latijnse vertaling is van Bonaventura Vulcanius, een 16e eeuwse Vlaamse humanist. Arrianus zijn twee bekendste werken zitten in dit boek.

Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) – Biography – Arrianus – Alexander de Grote – Reis van Nearchus

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