Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum AEsopiarum Libri Quinque, Ad optimas quasque editiones emendati; Flavii Aviani Fabularum AEsopiarum Liber Unicus; Publii Syri Sententiae.

Phaedrus & Others.

Published by Parisiis, Apud Coustelier M. DCC. XLII. (1742). Typis G. F. Quillau, 1742.

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12mo.; size of binding: 3 5/8 in. x 6 1/8 in., engraved frontispiece: Parisiis Apud Coustelier 1742; Coypel Pn./E. Fessard, Sculp.(engraver), and five E. Fessard engraved headpieces of the same scene of Phaedrus among the animals (by Pierre?); titlepage with woodcut device; Typographus Lectori Benevolo [regarding printing & the Elzevirs]; Vita Phaedri a Joanne Scheffero, etc. index of fables: [22]pp., [1]-68 pp.; Avianus titlepage, etc. [69]-106; blank leaf [Syrus], pp. [109]-132. Early 19th century mottled calf spine with a blue leather title label, gilt: PHAEDRUS, with simple gilt lines on label & spine, leather sides & corners with brown marbled paper-covered boards, all edges stained yellow with red sprinkling. Name in ink on front endpaper: J. Ph Hoagland; spine ends, edges, corners of binding show some wear, tanning to page edges, final pages. Frontispiece and pages generally clean & crisp. Scarce edition. The scan shows the spine and covers. "Coustelier printed this elegant little volume as a specimen of a set of those classics which had not been printed by the Elzevirs. The typography is beautiful, and the text correct." Dibdin, Classics (1827); Vol. II, p. 282. Brunet, Manuel (1863), Vol. IV, p. 589. Seller Inventory # ABE-515574261

Bibliographic Details

Title: Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum AEsopiarum...

Publisher: Parisiis, Apud Coustelier M. DCC. XLII. (1742). Typis G. F. Quillau, 1742.

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition