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Auli Gellii, Luculentissimi Scriptoris, Noctes Atticae

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Auli Gellii, Luculentissimi Scriptoris, Noctes Atticae

by Gellius, Aulus

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Lugduni [Lyon]: apud Antonium Gryphium, 1566. Printer's vignette on title page, ornamental initials. Collation: a-z8, A-Z8, Aa-Gg8 [-Gg8 (blank)]. Pp. 734 (i.e., 736), [109, index]. 703/704 repeated in pagination. 1 vols. 8vo. Old vellum, edges gilt and gauffered. Shaken, some toning. Good plus. Printer's vignette on title page, ornamental initials. Collation: a-z8, A-Z8, Aa-Gg8 [-Gg8 (blank)]. Pp. 734 (i.e., 736), [109, index]. 703/704 repeated in pagination. 1 vols. 8vo. A nice pocket edition of the Noctes Atticae or Attic Nights, the celebrated miscellany of Aulus Gellius (2nd century C.E.), which preserves fragments of many lost works of classical literature. With a lexicon of Greek phrases at pp. 692-[736]. Adams G364; Baudrier, Bib. Lyonnaise, VIII:345; BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 199. OCLC: 26696039

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Title
Auli Gellii, Luculentissimi Scriptoris, Noctes Atticae
Author
Gellius, Aulus
Format/Binding
Printer's vignette on title page, ornamental initials. Collation: a-z8, A-Z8, Aa-Gg8 [-Gg8 (blank)]. Pp. 734 (i.e., 736), [109,
Book Condition
Used - Old vellum, edges gilt and gauffered. Shaken, some toning. Good plus
Quantity Available
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Publisher
apud Antonium Gryphium
Place of Publication
Lugduni [Lyon]
Date Published
1566
Keywords
Italy | Education
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Literature; Social Thought; Sets & Fine Bindings;

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