{"product_id":"aulus-gellius-noctes-atticae-daniel-elzevier-amsterdam-1665-calf-all-edges-gilt","title":"Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae — The Second and Final Elzevir Edition, Amsterdam, 1665 — Calf, All Edges Gilt","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:640px; width:92%; min-width:320px; margin:38px auto; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; color:#202020; font-size:17px; line-height:1.62;\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align:center; color:#8b1e1e; font-size:22px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:bold; margin:0 30px 24px;\"\u003e\n    The second and final Elzevir edition of Aulus Gellius’s\n    \u003cem\u003eNoctes Atticae\u003c\/em\u003e, preserving the anonymously edited\n    Gronovian recension of 1651\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:18px; margin:0 0 13px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eGELLIUS, Aulus.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003eNoctes Atticae [Attic Nights].\u003c\/em\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003eEditio nova et prioribus omnibus docti hominis cura multo castigatior.\u003c\/em\u003e\n    Amsterdam: apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1665.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:18px; margin:0 0 13px;\"\u003e\n    Small 12mo. \u003cstrong\u003e[48], 482, [118] pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    Engraved title and extensive indices.\n    Nineteenth-century calf, rebacked, spine lettered and decorated in gilt,\n    covers ruled in gilt, \u003cstrong\u003eall edges gilt\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:17px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.48; margin:18px 0;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\n      Second and final Elzevir edition · Daniel Elzevir, Amsterdam, 1665 ·\n      Willems 1357 · Rahir 1409 · Berghman 2066\n    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eTHE SECOND AND FINAL ELZEVIR EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The present 1665 printing is the\n    \u003cstrong\u003esecond Amsterdam Elzevir edition\u003c\/strong\u003e of\n    \u003cem\u003eNoctes Atticae\u003c\/em\u003e and the\n    \u003cstrong\u003efinal Elzevir edition of the work\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    It reproduces the text of the highly regarded 1651 Amsterdam\n    Elzevir edition prepared anonymously by the classical scholar\n    \u003cstrong\u003eJohann Friedrich Gronovius (1611–1671)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Willems states that the 1665 Daniel Elzevir edition reproduces\n    the earlier edition textually. Berghman describes it explicitly as:\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-left:22px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003e“Seconde et dernière édition elzevirienne.”\u003c\/em\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eTHE GRONOVIUS RECENSION\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Gronovius’s role in the 1651 edition was deliberately anonymous.\n    In correspondence with Nicolaas Heinsius he explained that he had\n    supplied Louis Elzevir with a copy of Gellius corrected throughout,\n    but that neither his notes nor his name would appear in the book.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The title phrase\n    \u003cem\u003edocti hominis cura multo castigatior\u003c\/em\u003e —\n    “much more carefully corrected through the care of a learned man” —\n    thus refers to the recension associated with Gronovius.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The preliminaries of the present 1665 printing retain material from\n    that recension, including a prefatory text dated\n    \u003cstrong\u003e2 December 1650\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eTHE WORK — \u003cem\u003eATTIC NIGHTS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003eNoctes Atticae\u003c\/em\u003e is the only surviving work of\n    \u003cstrong\u003eAulus Gellius\u003c\/strong\u003e, the second-century Roman author\n    and antiquarian.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Gellius assembled the work from notes gathered through reading,\n    study and learned conversation. Its twenty books range across\n    \u003cstrong\u003egrammar, philology, literature, philosophy, history,\n    law, mathematics and antiquarian learning\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The work is especially important for preserving quotations and\n    information from numerous Greek and Latin authors whose writings\n    have otherwise been lost.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003eNoctes Atticae\u003c\/em\u003e first appeared in print at\n    \u003cstrong\u003eRome in 1469\u003c\/strong\u003e and remained an important repository\n    of classical learning for Renaissance and early-modern scholars.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eTHE ENGRAVED TITLE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The engraved title depicts a scholar working at night at his desk,\n    surrounded by books and writing implements, with a globe nearby\n    and an \u003cstrong\u003eowl prominently positioned above\u003c\/strong\u003e —\n    an elegant visual interpretation of the title\n    \u003cem\u003eAttic Nights\u003c\/em\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eCOLLATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Willems records:\n    \u003cstrong\u003e24 preliminary leaves\u003c\/strong\u003e, including the engraved title;\n    \u003cstrong\u003e482 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e;\n    and \u003cstrong\u003e59 unnumbered leaves of indices\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    This corresponds to\n    \u003cstrong\u003e[48], 482, [118] pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The old Frognal Rare Books description preserved with this copy\n    independently records the same count:\n    \u003cstrong\u003e24 leaves, 482 pages, 59 leaves\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003ePROVENANCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eEduardo Berwick\u003c\/strong\u003e — manuscript ownership plate\n    preserved at the front of the volume.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    The plate bears an adapted quotation from\n    \u003cstrong\u003eMartial, \u003cem\u003eEpigrams\u003c\/em\u003e V.42\u003c\/strong\u003e:\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-left:22px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cem\u003eExtra Fortunam est — Quidquid donatur amico.\u003c\/em\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Approximately:\n    \u003cem\u003e“Whatever is given to a friend lies beyond the reach of Fortune.”\u003c\/em\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eFrognal Rare Books \/ Frognal Bookshop Ltd\u003c\/strong\u003e —\n    old descriptive bookseller’s slip preserved with the volume,\n    stock reference \u003cstrong\u003eshp 12087\/E\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eThe Collection of Tim Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e —\n    stated provenance in the later auction catalogue.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"font-size:18px; color:#8b1e1e; line-height:1.35; margin:27px 0 11px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eAttractive and structurally sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    Rebacked calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt,\n    covers ruled in gilt, all edges gilt.\n    Internally very well preserved, clean and bright.\n    Manuscript ownership plate of Eduardo Berwick at front.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #999; margin:30px 0 17px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:14px; line-height:1.55;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n    Alphonse Willems,\n    \u003cem\u003eLes Elzevier: histoire et annales typographiques\u003c\/em\u003e,\n    no. 1357;\n    Édouard Rahir,\n    \u003cem\u003eCatalogue d’une collection unique de volumes imprimés par les Elzevier\u003c\/em\u003e,\n    no. 1409;\n    Gustaf Berghman,\n    \u003cem\u003eCatalogue raisonné des impressions Elzeviriennes de la Bibliothèque royale de Stockholm\u003c\/em\u003e,\n    no. 2066.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47302108774588,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1285\/3436\/files\/s-l1600_cd710762-ab9c-45f7-aa6f-f7e30953abfe.jpg?v=1787238958","url":"https:\/\/atelierzweig.com\/products\/aulus-gellius-noctes-atticae-daniel-elzevier-amsterdam-1665-calf-all-edges-gilt","provider":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}