Gellius | Noctes atticae, Venice, Aldus, 1515, later half red morocco gilt

Aulus Gellius

Noctium atticarum libri undeviginti. (Venice: in the house of Aldus and Andrea Torresani, September 1515)

8vo (149 x 90mm.), text in italics, woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, initials supplied later in gold, red and blue ink, without original blank leaf DD8, later half red morocco over marbled boards, a few leaves in prelims extended at foredge, small wormholes in first and last few leaves, joints slightly rubbed

First Aldine edition, first issue, with the incorrect reading "duerniorem" in the register and with quire S misimposed.

LITERATURE:

Aldo Manuzio tipografo 133.8; Cataldi Palau 9; Censimento 16 CNCE 20605; Renouard 73/9; UCLA 138

PROVENANCE:

Michael [--] Glogoviensis (of Glogów, Silesia), washed inscription on DD7; Dr Schwartz, jurisconsultus, armorial ink stamp on title-page; Wilhelm Richter (1853-1919), of Berlin, his Bibliotheca Richteriana bookplate; John William Waterer (died 1978), bookplate