31st Mar, 2020 11:00
Gellius (Aulus)
Noctium Atticarum libri undeviginti, FIRST EDITION, second printing (with 'duerniorem' corrected to 'duernionem' in the register- V4r -, and quire S correctly bound), Italic and Greek letter, initial spaces with guide, woodcut Aldine device to title and last verso, unidentified early ownership note, lacking DD8 (blank), & D5, some leaf misnumbered, occasional spotting, nearly contemporary vellum boards, a.e.r., a little soiled, [Adams G343; Renouard 73/9; Ahmanson-Murphy 138/124; Aldo Manuzio tipografo 133.8; Cataldi Palau 9], 8vo, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1515.
*** Edited by Giovanni Battista Egnazio, whose name appears in the preface. He was a philologist and poet, as well as professor of Rhetoric, member of the Accademia Aldina, and an important editor actively engaged with the Aldine Press.
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