Title: 1778 AESOP FABLES UTRECHT ARMORIAL VELLUM antique PHAEDRUS Fabularum Aesopiarum Description: PHAEDRUS Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V Ed. P. Burman. Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1778 2 parts in 1 volume (58),398; 258,(72)p. Engraved frontispiece by MULDER after LIEDEMAN. Very good condition. Some soiling of vellum. Lacks ties. Schoolprize armorial binding with gilt coat of arms of UTRECHT within fillet line border with armorial gilt corners, gilt spine Size 5 1/4 by 8 1/2" Text in Latin Gaius Julius Phaedrus was a 1st-century CE Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Few facts are known about him for certain and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manuscripts during and following the Renaissance that his importance emerged, both as an author and in the transmission of the fables. Please see my other auctions
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