Arrianus

[three lines in Greek, romanized as] Arrianou Peri Alexandrou anabaseos historion biblia okto. [then in Latin] Arriani De expeditione sive Rebus gestis Alexandri Macedonum regis libri octo, nuper & reperti, & qu!m diligentissim! in lucem

      Basileae: [Robertus Winter, 1539]. Binding toned to a pleasing dark tan. Old bookplate on front pastedown. Front free endpaper torn with loss. Vol. I only, and lacking those final eight leaves; the Anabasis complete.. 8vo. Vol. 1 of 2. 13, [1] pp., [321] ff. (lacks last 8 leaves). . The author's most important work, written after the example of Xenophon's Anabasis, this is an account of Alexander the Great, and of India and Iran in his time. The edition bears a prefatory epistle by Nicolaus Gerbel (1485-1560), its editor. #11; Present here is vol. I containing the original Greek text, the Latin translation having been printed in a separate volume. Incomplete at the end, it lacks the final eight leaves or the last part of the Indica (37.3-43.14), only, with Arrian's Anabasis Alexandrou (Campaigns of Alexander) appearing = complete as Books 1-7. #11; Binding: Contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over bevelled boards, remnants of the metal closures. Covers elaborately blind-embossed with several rolls and devices. Front cover has in its center panel the initials "A. W.," the date 1539, and medallions of Manfred of Saxony and Luther, while the rear cover's center panel has medallions of Melanchthon and Erasmus.