Ctesias of Cnidos. Late 5th century B.C.E.

[Greek title:] Ex Ctesias, Agatharchide, Memmone excerptæ historiæ. Appiani Iberian. Item, De gestis Annibalis.

[Geneva], Henri II Estienne 1557.

8vo (166 x 104 mm.). [xvi], 248p.

Vellum over flexible boards, flat spine.

            EDITIONES PRINCIPES of these fragmentary Greek historical and geographical texts by the great “travel liar” Ctesias, geographer Agatharchides and historian Memnon of Heraclea. They deal with, i.a., elephant hunts, Persia, India, Rome, the Nile, Ethiopians, gold mining in Egypt, the Red Sea and legendary monsters at the edge of the world. Two previously unknown fragments of Appian discovered by Estienne also first appear here, along with thirty pages of his critical notes. In good condition.
¶Freeman, Bibliotheca fictiva pp. 3 & 8 and no. 5; Renouard, Annales…des Estienne 117,6; GLN-2026.

Item #11274

Price: $1,650.00