[Greek title:] Ex Ctesias, Agatharchide, Memmone excerptæ historiæ. Appiani Iberian. Item, De gestis Annibalis
by Ctesias of Cnidos
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Narberth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Editiones Principes of fragmentary Greek historical and geographical texts dealing with, i.a., elephant hunts, Persia, Rome, the Nile, gold mining in Egypt, the Red Sea, Ethiopians and Arabians. Arthur Freeman places Ctesias first among literature's great "travel liars" for his tales of India. Also in first edition are two previously unknown fragments of Appian discovered by Estienne and thirty pages of his notes. In good condition.
¶Renouard, Annales...des Estienne 117,6; Freeman, Bibliotheca fictiva 3 & 8 & no. 5.
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- Bookseller
- Bruce McKittrick Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11274
- Title
- [Greek title:] Ex Ctesias, Agatharchide, Memmone excerptæ historiæ. Appiani Iberian. Item, De gestis Annibalis
- Author
- Ctesias of Cnidos
- Format/Binding
- Vellum over flexible boards, flat spine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henri II Estienne
- Place of Publication
- [Geneva]
- Date Published
- 1557
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