GELLI, Aulio (ca.123-180) - Noctium atticarum. Parigi: Bado Ascensio, 1530. [LEGATO CON:] - QUINTILIANO. Institutiones Oratorie. Parigi: Bado Ascensio, 1531-30....

GELLI, Aulio (ca.123-180) - Noctium atticarum. Parigi: Bado Ascensio, 1530. [LEGATO CON:] - QUINTILIANO. Institutiones Oratorie. Parigi: Bado Ascensio, 1531-30. A fascinating copy profusely annotated at the time of printing by Pierre Pichonnat who was probably Abbot of Saint-Denis. 2 works in one volume, folio (335 x 231mm). Title of the first work printed in red and black, both within an elaborate woodcut border with a large vignette in the center, text in Greek and Latin; with the "Annotationes" at the end of both works (but without title a1 of the Annotationes in the second work, some occasional dampstaining and light spotting). 19th-century calf with remains of contemporary calf with blindstamp decorations (worn). Provenance: Pichonnat (Abbot of Saint-Denis ?, numerous annotations).