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Gellius, Aulus
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- Gellius, Aulus
- The Attic Nights of Aules Gellius: translated into English, by the Rev. W[illiam] Beloe, f.s.a. translator of Herodotus. London: J. Johnson, 1795
- Ink, paper, and cow
Three volumes 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 218 x 132 mm.). Text in English with some Greek. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco; spines faded.
Provenance
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford (bookplate) — William Beckford (The Hamilton Palace library bookplate made by Bernard Quaritch). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 2004
Catalogue Note
The Walpole-Beckford copy. Beloe dedicated his translation of Gellius to Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford.