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Published by Lugduni Apud Seb. Gryphium [Sebastian Gryphius], Lyon., 1539
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair. Bound in contemporary full calf. Upper board nearly detached. Front pastedown missing. Free front endpaper detached. Some penning to title page and last leaf. Toned. Slightly trimmed to fore-edge. index, 575pp. The Noctes Atticae is a collection of essays compiled by Gellius (ca. ad 130-180?) for the amusement of his children. They cover a variety of topics, e.g., philosophy, history, language, and literature, preserve thousands of intriguing passages from works now lost, and include a number of interesting stories, among them Androclus and the Lion. Gellius's Attic Nights is a text written during the long nights of a winter spent in Attica. It is the author's commonplace book in which he recorded everything of unusual interest that he read or heard, from grammatical notes to observations on science and medicine.
Seller: Rob Kok Old Books & Prints, Loosdrecht, NH, Netherlands
Ludundi Batavorum, Cornelium Boutesteyn & Johannem du Vivie, 1760. [XXX],903,[59] pp. Tittle-engraving. Bound in a Amsterdam vellum price binding. Fine. Close ribbons missing. Gebonden in een perkamente Amsterdamse Prijsband. Sluit-linten ontbreken. [156520].
Published by Danielem Elzevirium, Amstelodami, 1665
Seller: de KunstBurg, Gent, Belgium
Apud Danielem Elzevirium , Amsterdam, 1665, in 12°, title , 4 , 42, 482, [126] , In this compilation of Greek and Roman writing, Gellius "quotes and discusses portions of some two hundred and seventy-five ancient authors" including more than eighty passages from Cicero, sixty difficult sentences from Virgil, and choice information about Julius Caesar. Full leather binding, flat spine , gilt ribbons and blindstamped ornaments between them. Expertly rebacked. Good condition 1 volume volumes.