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Size of page: 7 1/2" x 10", engraved plate (with figures: Pag. 53. [#] 8); consisting of 6 circular engraved scenes, illustrating Fables 1-5.; titled: Phaedrus ad Eutychus. Lib. III. IV; Anus ad Amphoram. Fab. I.; Panthera et Pastores. Fab. II.; AEsopus et Rusticus. Fab. III.; Lanius et Simius. Fab. IV; AEsopus et Petulans. Fab. V. (See scan, which shows the entire page & label). With printed T.F.I. label, which shows a small tear to upper edge; mounted on a slightly larger slip of black paper (this label was likely cut from a similar larger sheet, where the leaf might also have been mounted). Edges show some tanning, tiny chips to upper left & lower right corners; remains of 2 tape mounting tabs on back upper margin/edge, 5 1/2" x 1" area of brown-staining from rubber cement (?) along back upper margin & upper corners, which has slightly tanned the front margin, some tan spotting in front margins. Text of the printed label: "From Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V, printed by Francis Halma at Amsterdam in 1701, with notes and Dutch translations by David Hoogstraten and many engraved illustrations by J.V. Vianen. Phaedrus lived in the First Century of our era, and was a freedman of the Emperor Augustus. He made Latin versions of the terse little tales which even in his day had gradually acquired the name of Aesop and have since passed into every language as proverbs and figures of speech. Phaedrus had many imitators, the most famous of whom was La Fontaine who, however, greatly surpassed him in vivacity and humor. This Dutch edition is set in a large clean roman type, and the page is rendered peculiarly decorative by either a copper engraved initial letter or a beautiful vignette illustrating the fable. © 1926. Part of a larger set of leaves issued in the 1920's by T.F.I. Cannot guarantee every detail in the identification label is correct, but this is a finely engraved J. v. Vianen plate from Phaedrus' Fables, printed in the 18th century. Sold as an example of copperplate engraving. Seller Inventory # ABE-195580620
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Title: A Jan van Vianen Engraving From Phaedri ...
Publisher: (From printed T.F.I. indentification label: "From Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabulam Aesopiarum Libri V, printed by Francis Halma at Amsterdam in 1701, with notes and Dutch translation by David Hoogstraten and many engraved illustrations vy J. V. Vianen.").
Binding: No Binding
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
