Vellum binding with arms of the Queen of Holland, 1731

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Cl. Aeliani Sophistæ Varia Historia cum notis integris Conradi Gesneri, Johannis Schefferi, Tanaquilli Fabri, Joachimi Kuhnii, Jacobi Perizonii et Interpretatione Latina Justi Vulteji, innumeris in locis emendata. Curante Abrahamo Gronovio, qui et suas adnotationes adjecit apud S. Luchtmans et J. A. Langerak, R. et J. Wetstein et G. Smith - J. Boom et H. Waasberge, Joh. Dan. In-4°, 25.5 x 21 x 8.5 cm, 49 ff., unnumbered - 1056 p., 80 ff. unnumbered (Index verborum et locutionum, Index rerum et historiarum, Index auctorum ab Aeliano laudatorum, Index auctorum qui in Notis illustrantur & emendantur, Addenda, Errata). Frontispiece etched, portraits and medallions in-text engraved with etching. Magnificent full vellum binding richly ornamented at center with the arms of the Queen of Holland.