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GELLIUS, Aulus (125-180). Noctes Atticae . Edited by Henri Estienne. Paris: [Henri Estienne II,] 1585. 8º (175 x 105mm). With 3 (of 4) blanks as listed by Adams. (Without blank C1, quires i and k rather browned, small wormhole in last few leaves slightly affecting a few signatures, tear in N3.) Early 17th-century French tan morocco gilt, sides centered with arms, gilt border à la Du Seuil, spine compartments centered with cipher including initials F M T S, (part of head of spine chipped, upper joint worn). Provenance : unidentified arms and cipher (binding) -- red cipher stamp with initials D E T M L and motto 'hoc est signum meum' on title.
GELLIUS, Aulus (125-180). Noctes Atticae . Edited by Henri Estienne. Paris: [Henri Estienne II,] 1585. 8º (175 x 105mm). With 3 (of 4) blanks as listed by Adams. (Without blank C1, quires i and k rather browned, small wormhole in last few leaves slightly affecting a few signatures, tear in N3.) Early 17th-century French tan morocco gilt, sides centered with arms, gilt border à la Du Seuil, spine compartments centered with cipher including initials F M T S, (part of head of spine chipped, upper joint worn). Provenance : unidentified arms and cipher (binding) -- red cipher stamp with initials D E T M L and motto 'hoc est signum meum' on title. This edition of Aulus Gellius was printed after a two-year period during which no Estienne edition was printed at all, owing to his ambitious Thesaurus and Plato almost ruining him. 'The second part of the volume consists of Estienne’s valuable commentary on 7 books of Gellius... Estienne has provided his text and the various parts of his commentary with several dedicatory prefaces, addressed to various prominent French magistrates…the longest and most interesting preface, however, is addressed to his son Paul. This famous preface is the most important autobiographical document Henri Estienne has left to us, and gives us our only glimpse into his father’s household’ (Schreiber). Adams G-366; Schreiber 212.