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Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, Basel, 1535, modern leather

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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.


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VD16 A 4003

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