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ATHENAEUS. Deipnosophistarum libri quindecim. Latin translation by Jacques Dalechamps. [44], 540, [88] pages, including final blank. Folio, 337x212 mm, later limp vellum with remnants of thong ties; occasional light dampstaining in lower margins, early signatures on titles. Lyon: (Jacques de Tournes for) Antoine de Harsy, 1583
first dalechamps edition of a work dating from the early 3rd century A.D. describing a series of imaginary banquets at which scholarly guests discuss a wide variety of subjects with a particular emphasis on food and wine. Hoffmann I, 398; Sarton I, 326-27.
