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October 4, 08:54 AM GMT
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Athenaeus of Naucratis
Δειπνοσοφιστων βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα. Dipnosophistarum, hoc est argute sciteque in convivio disserentum. Lib. XV. Basel: Johann Walder, September 1535
folio (310 x 206mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, text in Greek, woodcut initials, a different woodcut device on final verso, without final blank leaf, modern black leather blind-tooled in period style, author's name lettered in gilt on upper cover, a few manuscript annotations
This edition was produced by Jacques Bedrot and Christian Herlin, following the first (Aldine) edition in 1514 but improved by use of a manuscript of the Epitome, and was widely read north of the Alps.
LITERATURE:
VD16 A 4003
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