Auli Gellij viri disertissimi Noctium atticarum Libri XX. /

Auli Gellij viri disertissimi Noctium atticarum Libri XX. /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gellius, Aulus.
Uniform title:	Noctes Atticae
Imprint:	[Lyons] : Bartholomel Trot, Anno salutis nostræ M.D. XII. [1512]
Description:	[10], CCLXXXIX, [1] leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Language:	Latin Ancient Greek
Subject:	Classical philology -- Early works to 1800. Civilization, Classical -- Early works to 1800. Latin literature -- Early works to 1800. Philosophy -- Early works to 1800. Civilization, Classical. Classical philology. Latin literature. Philosophy. Alum tawed bindings (Binding) Panel-stamped bindings (Binding) Pigskin bindings (Binding) Piracies (Publishing) hand coloring Underscoring (Provenance) Annotations (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Inscriptions (Provenance) Shelf marks (Provenance)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12747819

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Varying Form of Title:	Avli Gellii viri disertissimi Noctivm atticarvm Libri XX Noctium atticarum Libri XX
Other authors / contributors:	Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, associated name. Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505. Connellus, Joannes. Trot, Barthélemy, active 1506-1535, printer. Myt, Jacques, active 1508-1539, printer. Wanckel, Johannes, 1554-1616, recipient.
Provenance:	Heavily annotated and underscored throughout in black and red ink in three hands in Latin and Greek. Presentation inscription in Latin from Paul Wagner (1567-1637) to Johannes Wanckel (1554-1616), dated 1613. Former owner's inscription and shelf mark: Petzold, [two illegible words], no. 394. Former owner's inscription: ex libr. Zenholdi[?] inst.[?]. Five woodcut initials hand colored in autumnal colors. Binding: late 16th-century panel-stamped alum tawed over boards; stamps include Saxon armorials; evidence of metal clasps, now lost.
Notes:	Signatures: a¹⁰, A-Z⁸, AA-MM⁸, NN¹⁰. Sig. H₃ signed G₃; FF4 unsigned. Numerous errors in foliation. Colophon reads: Impressas rursum ad exe[m]plar Beroaldinæ recognitionis impe[n]sis Bartholomei Trot. Anno salutis nostrae M.D. XII. Publisher and date of publication from colophon; place of publication from Renouard and. Printed in italic and greek type. Title printed in red; no catchwords; capital spaces with guide-letters; Lyonese-style strapwork initials; printed marginalia. Folio numbers preceded by 'Fo.' and followed by a stop. Includes index. A counterfeit Aldine; see Renouard. 'Not a counterfeit Aldine' (Shaw); probably printed by Jacques Myt; see Ahmanson-Murphy. Not a counterfeit Aldine edition. Does not attempt to keep to the appearance of the Aldine layout: see Baudrier. Ahmanson-Murphy (2001), 1147 Renouard, A.A., Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3rd edition, 1834), 312:41 Leigh, C.W.E., Catalogue of the Christie Collection, p. 183 Short-title catalogue of books printed in France and of French books printed in other countries from 1470 to 1600 now in the British Museum, p. 199 Baudrier, H.-L. Bibliographie lyonnaise, Ser. 8, p. 422 Shaw, D.J., "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus's italic type: a new chronology" in Reidy, D.V., The Italian book 1465-1800 (1993), 50 Online Catalog of The Pierpont Morgan Library, PML 1342 Latin text with some Greek.

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