Noctes atticae, cum selectis novisque commentariis, et accuratâ recensione Antonii Thysii, J.C. & Jacobi Oiselii, J.C.

2 vols, 8vo: [46 (frontisp. incl.)]-610, 611/1129-[59] pp. (pale foxing, some ll. brown., colour speckles on some ll., more accentuated on pp. 192-193, occ. marginal tears, which 1 over 4 cm on p. 1123).

Cont. armorial binding attributed to Padeloup: blue morocco, gilt Golden Fleece repeated on boards and spine, gilt and decorated ribbed spine , gilt marbled edges (joints, sl. rubbed corners and turn-ins).

Variorum-edition of the famous "Attic Nights" by the Roman jurist, grammarian and rhetorician Aulus Gellius (c. 125 - after 180 AD), a commonplace book compiled from notes taken when he lived in Athens. The book is particularly interesting for the numerous fragments it preserves from works of lost ancient authors. Printed in Latin with many quotes in Greek, and numerous notes by Thysius the younger (c. 1603-1665), Dutch lawyer and historian, librarian and professor of rhetoric at the University of Leiden. After his death, Oiselius achieved the edition. Engr. allegorical frontispiece by Wingendorp, woodcut printer's mark on the title-page. Ref. Brunet II:1524. Prov. Hilaire-Bernard de Longepierre (1659-1721), French playwright and private secretary of the Duke of Berry (many of Longepierre's books were bound by Padeloup i.a.). - [Georges Petit].