459 - AULU-GELLE (Aulus Gellius). Auli Gellii *Noctium Atticarum* libri XX prout supersunt. [...] Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn and Johannes du Vivié, 1706. Large 4to [18] leaves, including the exquisite frontispiece engraved by Pieter Sluyter after Jan Goeree, 903 pp., [63] pp. of index. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. Ivory vellum with blind-stamped decoration (contemporary binding).

AULU-GELLE (Aulus Gellius). Auli Gellii *Noctium Atticarum* libri XX prout supersunt. [...] Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn and Johannes du Vivié, 1706. Large 4to [18] leaves, including the exquisite frontispiece engraved by Pieter Sluyter after Jan Goeree, 903 pp., [63] pp. of index. Title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette. Ivory vellum with blind-stamped decoration (contemporary binding). A fine scholarly edition, edited and annotated A fine edition of the famous *Attic Nights*, a 2nd-century encyclopedic compilation bringing together anecdotes and philological, historical, philosophical, and scientific observations. It is particularly sought after for the richness of its critical apparatus provided by Johann Friedrich Gronovius and his son Jacob Gronovius and was long considered one of the best editions of the text. A fine copy in its contemporary Dutch binding of cold-stamped vellum.