Author: Gellius, Aulus:
Title: Noctes Atticae. Editio nova et prioribus omnibus doctis hominis cura multo castigatior.
Description: Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1651. Editio Nova. 12mo. pp. [48], 498, [122], including engraved title. Wanting final black as often, title and edges dusty, slight browning. Contemporary prize vellum over boards, yapp edges, double blind ruled, gilt centrepiece with a standing wild man holding a pike surrounded by tendrils, gilt-lettered label to spine. Boards and spine soiled. Bookplate of Stepney College (1810) to front pastedown; 19th-century bibliographic annotation to rear fep. 'The first two editions from the Elzevir press [of which this is the first] were carefully published by J.F. Gronovius.' (Dibdin) 'Fort jolie et qui passe pour tres correcte.' (Willems) Dibdin I, 340; Pokel, 101; Schweiger II, 378; Willems, 1127.

Keywords: Early Printing (to c.1800, all subjects);Classics & Antiquity


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