Incunabulum. AULUS GELLIUS. Noctes Atticae. Lot n° 4

AULUS GELLIUS. Noctes Atticae. Brescia, Boninus de Boninis, March 3, 1485. Folio. 266 x 186 mm. 18th-century brown spotted leather binding, spine with gold friezes, red boards. 192 unnumbered pages. 37 lines per page. Marking: 2A-2B8 a8 b-d6 e8 f-o6 p8 q-z6 &6 [con]6 [rum]6 A6 B8. Paper y1 incorrectly marked x2. Roman character with some passages in Greek. Blank spaces for guide letters. Title appears on verso of first paper "Auli Gelii Noctium Atticarum commentarii liber primus"; on verso of paper 2B8 date and name of printer "Brixiae, Per Boninus de Boninis de Regusia, Die tercio Martii, 1485." Watermark: bull's head with stem surmounted by a five-lobed flower (height 135 mm). Traces of use to binding, first and last sheets lightly soiled, nice specimen. Rare incunabulum, masterfully impressed in Brescia by Bonino de Boninis. Gellius collected in this work excerpts from the works of some 275 authors from many fields of knowledge such as grammar, rhetoric, etymology, medicine, philosophy, literary criticism, history, science, archaeology, and law and nature. It represents a survey of the major curiosities of human knowledge of his era, late 2nd century. The book is printed by Bonino de Boninis, born in Croatia, one of the first European printers. His first printing activities were in Venice in the late 1470s. He was in Brescia from 1483 onward and is credited with printing there about 40 books, mainly classical authors. At the end of the century he resided in Lyon. The title appears on the verso of the first paper. GW 10597. Goff G-122. HC 7521*. Klebs 442.5. Pell 5012. Arnoult 652. Jammes G-3. Polain (B) 1560. IDL 1905. IBE 2597. IGI 4190. Baroncelli, Inc. Quer. 430. IBP 2311. Sajó-Soltész 1381. Coll (S) 437. Madsen 1668. Voull (B) 2807.5. Deckert 317, 318. Mittler-Kind 373. Walsh 3398. Sheppard 5757. Pr 6958. BMC VII 968. BSB-Ink G-65. Folio. 266 x 186 mm. Eighteenth-century English speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red edges. 192 unnumbered pages. 37 lines. Collation: 2A-2B8 a8 b-d6 e8 f-o6 p8 q-z6 &6 [con]6 [rum]6 A6 B8. Leaf y1 incorrectly marked x2. Roman type with some passages in Greek. Blank spaces for guide letters. Title appears on verso of first leaf "Auli Gelii Noctium Atticarum commentarii liber primus"; on verso of leaf 2B8 date and name of printer "Brixiae, Per Boninus de Boninis de Regusia, Die tercio Martii, 1485." Watermark: bull's head with a stem topped by a five lobbed flower (height 135 mm).Binding somewhat rubbed, spine chipped, first and last leaves slightly soiled, good copy. Rare incunabulum, masterfully printed in Brescia by Bonino de Boninis. Gellius collected in this work excerpts from the works of some 275 authors from many fields of knowledge such as grammar, rhetoric, etymology, medicine, philosophy, literary criticism, history, science, archaeology, and law and nature. It represents a survey of the major curiosities of human knowledge of his era, late 2nd century. The book is printed by Bonino de Boninis, born in Croatia, one of the first European printers. His first printing activities were in Venice in the late 1470s. He was in Brescia from 1483 onward and is credited with printing there about 40 books, mainly classical authors. At the end of the century he resided in Lyon. The title appears on the verso of the first leaf.