Description
Gellius (Aulus), Noctium Atticarum Libri Undeviginti, collation: AA-DD8 a-z A-T8 V4 (DD8 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly soiled, some spotting and mostly light staining, 19th century black morocco, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, 8vo (155 x 87mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1515].
⁂ First edition, second issue, with 'duernionem' corrected to 'duernionem' on V4r.
Provenance: Arthur Dalrymple (bookplate)
Literature: Adams G343; Ahmanson-Murphy 138.5; Renouard, Alde, 73:9: EDIT 16 CNCE 72554.
Lot 21
Gellius (Aulus), Noctium Atticarum Libri Undeviginti, 1515.
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Gellius (Aulus), Noctium Atticarum Libri Undeviginti, collation: AA-DD8 a-z A-T8 V4 (DD8 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink marginalia, title lightly soiled, some spotting and mostly light staining, 19th century black morocco, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, 8vo (155 x 87mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [September, 1515].
⁂ First edition, second issue, with 'duernionem' corrected to 'duernionem' on V4r.
Provenance: Arthur Dalrymple (bookplate)
Literature: Adams G343; Ahmanson-Murphy 138.5; Renouard, Alde, 73:9: EDIT 16 CNCE 72554.