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GELLIUS, Aulus

Noctes Atticae [...]
Cologne
Eucharius Cervicornus for Gottfried Hittorp
7 March 1526
€240 - €360

Folio: [24]-202-[25, 1 bl.] pp. Title within elaborate woodcut 'Cleopatra' border. Page 1 within elaborate woodcut border incorporating Cervicornus' mark. A number of large historiated woodcut initials. (final quire dampstained with sm. mouldy spots, tear in top margin N6, blank bottom corner R5 torn off). 19th-c. half calf, marbled paper on covers, gilt flat spine, dark edges (loosening, somewhat worn, spine and corners def.). Good copy

Rare Cologne folio ed. of Gellius' popular commonplace book, with notes on grammar, philosophy, history, antiquarianism, and other subjects, preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today. Below the title Cleopatra is shown killing herself by allowing a snake to bite her. Ref. VD16 G-1038. - Not in Adams G-349

Humanism Early printing