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Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1673. In 8th. & Nbsp; Elegant copper engraved title page depicting & nbsp; Alexander the Great on horseback trampling his enemy Darius, map "Alexandri magni macedonis folded expeditio", on p.184 there is a panel depicting a palace with a garden, coeval parchment binding, manuscript author to the back.
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Uncommon edition & nbsp; exit from the & nbsp; presses & nbsp; of the Elzevirian typography enriched by a map and a table, the first shows the triumphal march of Alexander through Egypt and Asia, the other & nbsp; depicts the 'fons solis', a fountain in the Egyptian oasis of the temple of Ammon, cool at noon and warm at sunrise and sunset. Alexander visited this famous oracle to get an answer on the divinity of its origin. & Nbsp; Graesse 2,311.
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