De rebus gestis Alexandri regis. Translation by Bartholomeus Facius (Bartolomeo Fazio)

ARRIANUS, FLAVIUS.

Gershom ben Moses Soncino (Hieronymi Soncinatis)

Pesaro

1508

FIRST EDITION. Latin text

Adams A-2011

Arrian’s second-century Anabasis of Alexander the Great, narrating in seven books Alexander’s military campaigns. Added here is an eighth book consisting of Arrian’s Indike, describing India and relating the voyage of Alexander’s friend, Nearchus, in the Persian Gulf. In his preface, the editor, Sigismundus Golphus praises the Jewish printer Hieronymi Soncino for his skill. Soncino is “second to none in printing Hebrew and Chaldaic, and quite experienced in printing Latin.”