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Topic: What is the oldest book on your shelf?
| 25th Sep 2020, 6:36 AM | ||
 | xiphophilos Member since Dec 2013 3338 Points Moderator | My oldest book, a present from a dear friend, is a leather-bound pocket book (octavo) edition of Quintus Curtius Rufus' "De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni" ("About the Deeds of Alexander the Great") from 1650. The text was edited by famous Dutch scholar Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655). It is only the less impressive (no map) and far less expensive edition of this book (the first edition was from 1633), and the leather covers are quite worn, but I imagine it to be the kind of book a gentleman might have carried along in his vest pocket while traveling. Edited by xiphophilos on 25th Sep 2020, 6:44 AM |
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