Publication details: Amsterdam: Apud Danielem Elzevirium,1665,
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A neat seventeenth-century copy of the famous commonplace book by Aulus Gellius (c. 125-180 AD). A Roman author and grammarian, Gellius was educated in Athens, long nights spent in which give the work its name. It is compiled out of an Adversaria, or commonplace book, and forms a compendium of observations on grammar, philosophy, history and antiquarianism.
1665, pp. [46], 482, [116], 12mo, contemporary full dark sprinkled calf, blind panelled stamped blind on boards, spine ruled and stamped gilt with star device in compartments and red label; head of spine chipped and the surface of the leather at the boards eroded in patches, but a good copy.
Bibliography: (VD17 39:139286S; Ebert 8285)
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