Phaedrus
Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque, 1713
London: Jacob Tonson and John Watts
1456
(xvi), 60, (74), (20), (22). Engraved frontispiece. An impressive and quite scholarly edition of Phaedrus's fables, with an index and appendices of excerpts rendered in Greek and Latin. Bound in...
(xvi), 60, (74), (20), (22). Engraved frontispiece. An impressive and quite scholarly edition of Phaedrus's fables, with an index and appendices of excerpts rendered in Greek and Latin. Bound in contemporary full red calf with gilt ornamentation to covers, edges, and turn-ins. Front joint tender, general rubbing, minor loss to foot of spine, else interior remarkably bright and a very good copy. Housed in custom chemise and slipcase. A.e.g. Collated complete. Signature of former owner to title page. (Quinnam 122).
