AULU-GELLE
Noctium atticarum libri XX
Apud Corn. Boutesteyn|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1706|20 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition. A very beautiful title-frontispiece and a title vignette. Title page in red and black. Dedicatory epistle from Jacobus Gronovius to Domenico Passionei.
Contemporary full vellum binding (Dutch binding). Spine with raised bands decorated with blind-tooled fillets. Boards blind-stamped with a central medallion with Du Seuil-style frame and fleurons in the corners. One lack at head, another on the first raised band, a third on the last raised band, and a last one at tail. Lower joint split at head. One corner slightly bumped. Soiling. Despite some defects, beautiful period stamped vellum binding with relatively fresh paper (browning in upper margin throughout the volume).
Contemporary full vellum binding (Dutch binding). Spine with raised bands decorated with blind-tooled fillets. Boards blind-stamped with a central medallion with Du Seuil-style frame and fleurons in the corners. One lack at head, another on the first raised band, a third on the last raised band, and a last one at tail. Lower joint split at head. One corner slightly bumped. Soiling. Despite some defects, beautiful period stamped vellum binding with relatively fresh paper (browning in upper margin throughout the volume).
€550