Phædri, Augusti Cæsaris liberti, fabularum Æsopiarum libri quinque; notis perpetuis illustrati, & cum integris aliorum observationibus in lucem editi à Johanne Laurentio

Gaius Julius PHAEDRUS

Published by Amstelodami: apud Johannem Janssonum à Waesberge & viduam Elizei Weyerstraet, 1667

About this Item

18th-century calf. Spine a little worn, lettering-label lacking, both boards (rubbed and marked and) detached, front free endpaper detached, title-page detached and a little tatty at edges, engraved frontispiece lacking, some 10 leaves with neat, old repairs, otherwise a decent copy of this nice edition, the first Dutch illustrated edition (the manuscript was first published in France in 1596), with 103 charming half-page Aesopian engravings. Seller Inventory # 31M100274

Bibliographic Details

Title: Phædri, Augusti Cæsaris liberti, fabularum ...

Publisher: Amstelodami: apud Johannem Janssonum à Waesberge & viduam Elizei Weyerstraet

Publication Date: 1667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good