ARMORIAL BINDING -- GELLIUS, Aulus (c.123-c.165).  Noctes Atticae. Paris: Simon Bénard, 1681. 4° (248 x 180mm), engraved additional title by L. Cossin, woodcut headpiece, ornamental and factotum initials (some light browning and occasional spotting), contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with central panel with fleur-de-lis at corners, central arms of Louis XIV [smaller version of Olivier 2494, fer 10], gilt edges (very slight rubbing). Provenance: Marjoribanks (19th-century bookplate) -- Archibald Philip, 5th Earl Roseberry (1847-1929; bookplate).
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ARMORIAL BINDING -- GELLIUS, Aulus (c.123-c.165). Noctes Atticae. Paris: Simon Bénard, 1681. 4° (248 x 180mm), engraved additional title by L. Cossin, woodcut headpiece, ornamental and factotum initials (some light browning and occasional spotting), contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with central panel with fleur-de-lis at corners, central arms of Louis XIV [smaller version of Olivier 2494, fer 10], gilt edges (very slight rubbing). Provenance: Marjoribanks (19th-century bookplate) -- Archibald Philip, 5th Earl Roseberry (1847-1929; bookplate).

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ARMORIAL BINDING -- GELLIUS, Aulus (c.123-c.165). Noctes Atticae. Paris: Simon Bénard, 1681. 4° (248 x 180mm), engraved additional title by L. Cossin, woodcut headpiece, ornamental and factotum initials (some light browning and occasional spotting), contemporary red morocco gilt, sides with central panel with fleur-de-lis at corners, central arms of Louis XIV [smaller version of Olivier 2494, fer 10], gilt edges (very slight rubbing). Provenance: Marjoribanks (19th-century bookplate) -- Archibald Philip, 5th Earl Roseberry (1847-1929; bookplate).

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