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Noctes Atticae: Editio nova et prioribus omnibus docti hominis cura multo castigatior
by Gellius, Aulus [125 AD - 180 AD]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Amstelodami: Lodewijk Elzevier, 1651. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Full vellum binding with yapped edges and lettered spine. [48] 498 p.p., [120] p.p. Illustrated title page, lower half of t.p. trimmed [approx. 12.7mm], not affecting text. Some soiling to spine and covers. Light foxing, otherwise interior clean, crisp. In very good condition. Aulus Gellus [125 AD-180 AD] composed his Attic Nights during a winter spent in the Attica Peninsula near Athens, Greece. It is comprised of notes on history, philosophy, grammar, poetry, and musings on other subjects.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001621
- Title
- Noctes Atticae: Editio nova et prioribus omnibus docti hominis cura multo castigatior
- Author
- Gellius, Aulus [125 AD - 180 AD]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lodewijk Elzevier
- Place of Publication
- Amstelodami
- Date Published
- 1651
- Keywords
- Grammar, History, Poetry, Philosophy, Latin, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; History; Ancient Greece;
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Vellum
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- 12mo
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