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Auli Gelii noctium atticarum commentarii

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Aulus Gellius' collection of essays on literature, philology, grammar, history, philosophy and natural science, composed, as memorialized in the title, during the winter nights at his home in attica.
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lat
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[320] pages
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  • Edited by Filippo Beroaldo
  • Imprint from colophon
  • Signatures: A8 b-z6 &6 [con]6 [rum]8
  • Last leaf ([rum]8) is blank
  • Woodcuts: device of printer Benedetto Faelli in colophon on leaf [318], featuring a white-on-black triangle in a circle surmounted by a double cross; large capital "B" in triangle
  • Text printed in large roman type, with a few sections printed in Greek t ype; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
  • Large paper copy
  • This edition not in: Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum; or Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries
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Auli Gelii noctium atticarum commentarii
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Auli Gelii noctium atticarum commentarii
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Language
lat
Summary
Aulus Gellius' collection of essays on literature, philology, grammar, history, philosophy and natural science, composed, as memorialized in the title, during the winter nights at his home in attica.
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LRU
Citation location within source
  • 376
  • CNCE 20602
Citation source
  • Schweiger, F.L.A. Handbuch der classischen bibliographie
  • EDIT 16
Index
no index present
LC call number
PA6390
LC item number
.A2 1503
Literary form
non fiction
Summary expansion
Assembled for the entertainment and instruction of his own children, they are particularly valuable for preserving numerous fragments from otherwise lost classical writers
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Auli Gelii noctium atticarum commentarii
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Publication
Note
  • Edited by Filippo Beroaldo
  • Imprint from colophon
  • Signatures: A8 b-z6 &6 [con]6 [rum]8
  • Last leaf ([rum]8) is blank
  • Woodcuts: device of printer Benedetto Faelli in colophon on leaf [318], featuring a white-on-black triangle in a circle surmounted by a double cross; large capital "B" in triangle
  • Text printed in large roman type, with a few sections printed in Greek t ype; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
  • Large paper copy
  • This edition not in: Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum; or Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
31 cm (folio)
Extent
[320] pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: imperfect, final leaf ([rum]8) wanting. Half-binding of old vellum boards and faux "tree calf" paper; manuscript spine title; author's name on lower edges. Profusely annotated throughout by a contemporary reader. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper: "Liber francisci [et] federici del vescovo." According to manuscript note below of a later, 19th-century former owner, Francesco del Vescovo of Ferrara was a lecturer in philosophy and medicine at the University in 1588, and also the author of the extensive annotations in the book. The owner goes on to say that he purchased the book early in 1857. There is another ownership inscription in lower margin of page [1] of the Capuchins of Ferrara ("Capucinor[um] Ferrar.") Purchase, MGG, 1990.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)17157593
  • ucoclc17157593
Label
Auli Gelii noctium atticarum commentarii
Publication
Note
  • Edited by Filippo Beroaldo
  • Imprint from colophon
  • Signatures: A8 b-z6 &6 [con]6 [rum]8
  • Last leaf ([rum]8) is blank
  • Woodcuts: device of printer Benedetto Faelli in colophon on leaf [318], featuring a white-on-black triangle in a circle surmounted by a double cross; large capital "B" in triangle
  • Text printed in large roman type, with a few sections printed in Greek t ype; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
  • Large paper copy
  • This edition not in: Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum; or Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
31 cm (folio)
Extent
[320] pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: imperfect, final leaf ([rum]8) wanting. Half-binding of old vellum boards and faux "tree calf" paper; manuscript spine title; author's name on lower edges. Profusely annotated throughout by a contemporary reader. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper: "Liber francisci [et] federici del vescovo." According to manuscript note below of a later, 19th-century former owner, Francesco del Vescovo of Ferrara was a lecturer in philosophy and medicine at the University in 1588, and also the author of the extensive annotations in the book. The owner goes on to say that he purchased the book early in 1857. There is another ownership inscription in lower margin of page [1] of the Capuchins of Ferrara ("Capucinor[um] Ferrar.") Purchase, MGG, 1990.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)17157593
  • ucoclc17157593

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