Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarium libri undeviginti.

Gellius, Aulus

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(Venice: Aldus Manutius & Andrea Torresani, 1515). Octavo. [32], 289, [51] ff. First Aldus edition, second issue with "duernionem" correctly spelled on the last leaf. Text in Latin and Greek. This miscellany, which encompasses fragments of a number of lost works touching on such subjects as archaeology, grammar and lexicography, is among the last books produced by Aldus Manutius prior to his death in April, 1515. Slight spotting to top and bottom edges of text block, few small wormholes at pastedowns, else internally quite clean and fresh. Bound in lightly soiled seventeenth century full vellum with yapped fore edges. (Item ID: 18101)

(Renouard 73:9; Brunet II, 1523).