Phaedri fabulae, et publii Syri Sententiae.Paris, ex Typographia Regia, 1729. 24mo. With an engraved frontispiece by Ph. Simonneau. Late 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine, black morocco spine label with title in gold, gilt-stamped ornamental border on both sides, gilt edges, marbled paste-downs and endpapers.
by PHAEDRUS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
[6], 86 pp.Very rare and sought-after miniature edition of the fables of Phaedrus in Latin verses without any commentaries or notes, bases on the Tanaquillus Faber redaction (first published in Saumur in 1657), together with an edition of the Sententiae by Publius (Publilius) Syrus.The edition seems to be printed in a limited edition on normal and large paper and on vellum. Our edition probably belongs to the normal and smaller paper edition and was part of the limited number of copies that were given by King Louis XV to "seigneurs de la cour" as a joli cadeau.Corners bumped, otherwise in very good condition.l Bernard, Hist. de limprimerie royale du Louvre, p. 91, p. 171; Brunet, IV, 588-9; Dibdin, II, 280; Graesse, V, 253; Schwabe/Barbier, 86-87.
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- Asher Rare Books (NL)
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- Title
- Phaedri fabulae, et publii Syri Sententiae.Paris, ex Typographia Regia, 1729. 24mo. With an engraved frontispiece by Ph. Simonneau. Late 18th-century calf, gold-tooled spine, black morocco spine label with title in gold, gilt-stamped ornamental border on both sides, gilt edges, marbled paste-downs and endpapers.
- Author
- PHAEDRUS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- [6369B77AC038] LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS|[6369B77AC038] LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS -> [5FB68EAAF508] Emblem, Fable & Songbooks|
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