First Edition of Claudius Aelianus His Various History

AELIANUS. STANLEY, Thomas.

His Various History.

London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665.

Claudius Aelianus His Various History. London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665.

First edition. Octavo. 314 pp. (26 pp., The Arguments). Dedicated to Lady Newton.

Modern full brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on spine. Off-setting to first and last few pages. Overall, a very good copy.

Claudius Aelianus (175 AD-235 AD). Roman author and teacher of rhetoric often known for his "honey-tounge."

HBS 64689.

$850.

Price: $850.00

Item #64689