Curtius Rufus: “ALEXANDER MAGNUS et in illum commentaries Samuelis Pitisci, con antiquitates Persarum, Macedonum, Pheonicum, Carthaginesium, Romanorum, Indorum.” Hagae 1728 A fine edition edited by Samuel Pitiscus (1637-1727), a famous Dutch historian and classicist. This second (first in 1708) Pitiscus edition has different plates than the other editions of Alexander the Great histories. Highly illustrated. Full contemporary vellum very slightly rubbed, inside fine. In large 8vo 22x13cm, complete: portrait of Samuel Pitiscus, engraved frontispiece, title, 103p., 855p.[138],4 copper engraved maps and 12 copper engraved plates of views (several folded),overall very good. Alexander expedition remains one of the earlier and largest travel accounts in human history, as he explored vast territories around the Levant and further in Asia. Outside the battles and the political events, the account includes fine descriptions of people, lands, roads, customs and cities. An invaluable source. This publication is richly illustrated with 4 maps of Greece and the Levant (none of in Zacharakis) and many beautiful plates with views of an exotic Levant, drawn by the best Dutch artists of the time. RARE