A. Gelii Noctes redditae : nuper omni discussa caligine micantissimae.

Accession number: 
PML 1343
Author: 
Gellius, Aulus.
Published: 
Impraessae sunt Florentiae ... : Sumptibus Philippi de Giunta Florentini, 1513.
Description: 
[16], 330 [i.e. 307], [1] leaves ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes: 

Edited by Carlo Aldobrandi.
Imprint from colophon; Giunta device on verso of final leaf.
Includes index.
Leaves printed on both sides.

Binding: 
19th-century English light brown morocco gold tooled with an interlace pattern and "Io. Grolierii et amicorum" by Lewis.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Illuminated initials (possibly 19th century?).

Provenance: 
Jean Grolier (1479-1565), painted armorials (leaf a1r) are likely later additions (see Needham); Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), purchased in 1825, armorial booklabel and shelfmark: B2 (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown), entire library purchased in 1899 by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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