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Mosellanus, Peter. Annotationes in clarissimas Auli Gellij Noctes Atticas. 118 Bl. With woodcut title vignette and woodcut printer brand at the end. 15 x 10 cm. Blind-embossed pork leather band of the C.E. (somewhat more stained and rubbed; the Vdeckel with the minted binding year "1536"). Cologne, Johann Soter, 1533. VD16 G 1040 – Cologne print of the post commentary on the new edition of Gellius' Attic Nights edited by Mosellanus, which appeared as an appendix to the text edition and was also distributed separately with its own title page (see VD 16). The Roman Catholic theologian Petrus Mosellanus (1493-1524) was a close friend of Erasmus and Melanchthon and tried throughout his life to mediate between the Catholic Church and the Reformation. In 1519 he gave the opening speech on the Leipzig Disputation between Johannes Eck and Martin Luther. - Title slightly stained, otherwise only slightly tanned. Fl. Resolution solved. – Weakly tanned. – Attached: Same. In M. Fabii Quintiliani rhetoricas instituitiones, annotationes. 247 S. With woodcut title vignette and woodcut printer mark at the end. Ebenda 1532. - VD16 S 2130. - Kölner Druck des Stellenkommentars zu Quintilian's Unterricht in der Redekunst, in the appendix supplemented by further comments by Johannes Camerarius (1500-1574).
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Mosellanus, Peter — Annotationes in clarissimas Auli Gellij Noctes Atticas
1533 Cologne edition of Peter Mosellanus's annotations on Gellius. Period blind-embossed pigskin binding.
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450 €
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Price checked 26/09/2026, 16:21:01
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- Lot #
- 1114
- Currency
- EUR
- Location
- Berlin, DE
- Lot Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Auction Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
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