Lot no. 53
ARTEMIDORUS OF EPHESUS. Ονειροκριτικῶν. De somniorum interpretatione. SYNESIOS OF CYRENE. Περὶ ενυπνίων. De insomniis. Venice, Aldus & Andrea [Torresano], 1518. In-8, overlapping vellum (Early binding). Editio princeps, in Greek, of two of the major ancient treatises on the interpretation of dreams and oniromancy: the Onirocritica by the Lydian philosopher Artemidorus of Daldis, written in the second century, and the divination treatise On Dreams, composed in the early fifth century by Synesios, a Neoplatonist philosopher and bishop of Ptolemais in Cyrenaica. It was compiled by Francesco Torresano, Aldus Manutius' brother-in-law.
Elegant Greek printing adorned with the Aldine mark on the title and verso of the last leaf.
Copy in an antique vellum binding. Light wetness on a few leaves. Small tear to one endpaper.
Renouard, 82:4 - Adams, A-2035 - Ahmanson-Murphy, 148 - CNCE, 3212.
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