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AELIANUS

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AELIANUS (Claudius). Varia historia cum notis integris... curant Abrahamo Gronovio... Luchtmans... Leyde, 1731, in-4, vélin de l'époque, dos à nerfs, plats ornés, armes de la ville de Leyde au centre. 641-1056-(80) pages. Titre gravé et 13 vignettes dans le texte. "An admirable edition", dit Dibdin, "embracing all the notes of the preceding editors, and accompanied by the learned remarks of Gronovius himself.The Greek text is formed upon that of Perizonius, from which it never departs unless with the authority of ancient manuscripts: the readings of the Medicëan and Sluskianian MS. are added." Dibdin I, 231.