Gellius - Noctes Atticae - 1544

A rare and valuable edition of Aulus Gellius's 'Noctes Atticae' (123-180), a collection of notes and essays on Greek and Roman grammar, philosophy, history, and antiquities.

Aulus Gellius, the most illustrious author of the Noctes Atticae, Venice, Petrus Ravani, 1544.

PP.: (LXIV), 591, (I). Complete.

Example with cards in overall good condition, showing the usual signs of use and age, with restorations on the last three cards involving the loss of a few letters of text.

Fascinating binding in full semi-flabby parchment derived from a page of a 17th-century Graduale, very well preserved. White endpapers.