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GELLIUS, Aulus (c.130-180 A.D.). Noctes Atticae. Venice: Andreas de Paltasichis, 1477.
Chancery 2° (295 x 203mm). Roman and Greek type, first initial in blue with red penwork, initial spaces, initials and paragraph marks supplied alternately in red or blue, headlines supplied in red, index bound in at beginning. (Without first bland, a few repairs, one on z5 repaired with cellotape, one neat marginal tear, marginal ink stains to last 3 quires, some dampstaining, washed.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, red and blue mottled edges (front board stained). Provenance: early marginal annotations.
'Belle édition faite sur d'autres manuscrits que les trois précédentes, et plus correctement imprimée' (Brunet). HC *7520; BMC V, 251; Brunet 1523; Goff G-121.
Chancery 2° (295 x 203mm). Roman and Greek type, first initial in blue with red penwork, initial spaces, initials and paragraph marks supplied alternately in red or blue, headlines supplied in red, index bound in at beginning. (Without first bland, a few repairs, one on z5 repaired with cellotape, one neat marginal tear, marginal ink stains to last 3 quires, some dampstaining, washed.) 19th-century red morocco gilt, red and blue mottled edges (front board stained). Provenance: early marginal annotations.
'Belle édition faite sur d'autres manuscrits que les trois précédentes, et plus correctement imprimée' (Brunet). HC *7520; BMC V, 251; Brunet 1523; Goff G-121.
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