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Full gilt ruled & floriated diced calf; dimunitive Greek key to inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Two column Greek and facing Latin translation. A major source of La Fontaine. "A noteworthy Aesop edition.... It ranks in importance with the Accursio edition of 1479 and with the ... Estienne edition of 1546. ... This edition enlarges the corpus of ancient fable literature considerably; 136 specimens are printed here for the first time. Added are the fables of Babrius, Avianus, Phaedrus, and Abstemius, and an attempt has been made by the editor to lift the fable literature from the level of the schoolbook to that of an entertainment for adults. ... The book is adorned with woodcuts by Virgil Solis [1514-1562] who brought to this task an inexhaustible imagination and much love and understanding, particularly for the world of animals. Almost all of them are signed with the monogram of the artist." William Salloch, Catalogue 259. A little tightly sewn at the gatherings but without affecting text or…
Read More MYTHOLOGIA EASOPICA: In qua Aesopi Fabulae Graeco-Latinae CCXCVII. Accudent Babriae Fabulae etiam Auctiores. Secundum Editionem Isaaci Nicolai Niveleti. Praeponitur historia vita, morum, fortunae, & interitus Aesopi. Composita studio Joachimi Camerarii: et adjicitum Gebetis Tabula. In usum Scholae Aetonensis by Aesop | Nevelet, Isaac Nicolaus - 1682
by Aesop | Nevelet, Isaac Nicolaus
MYTHOLOGIA EASOPICA: In qua Aesopi Fabulae Graeco-Latinae CCXCVII. Accudent Babriae Fabulae etiam Auctiores. Secundum Editionem Isaaci Nicolai Niveleti. Praeponitur historia vita, morum, fortunae, & interitus Aesopi. Composita studio Joachimi Camerarii: et adjicitum Gebetis Tabula. In usum Scholae Aetonensis
by Aesop | Nevelet, Isaac Nicolaus
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London: typis M. Clarke, impensis Sam. Carr, 1682. Full Leather. Good binding. 12mo. [2], 66, 127, [1], 132 pp. In 19th century calf with title in gold on the spine. Binding rubbed and worn at the extremities; front board has been tastefully reattached; the leather at the rear joint is separating but the board remains fairly solid; some splitting to the leather at the spine; bookseller's ticket on the bottom of the front pastedown; some bookseller's pencil notation on the front endpapers, otherwise clean. All in all a solid and fairly appealing copy despite the wear. Text in Greek and Latin. ESTC R3100.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Full Leather
- Book Condition Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher typis M. Clarke, impensis Sam. Carr
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1682