The Fables of Phaedrus, Translated into English Prose, As near the Original as the different Idioms of the Latin and English Languages will allow. With the Latin text and Order of Construction in the opposite Page; and Critical, Historical, Geographical, and Classical notes in English. For the Use of Schools, as well as of Private Gentlemen,

DAVIDSON (Joseph), publisher

Published by London: Printed for Joseph Davidson., 1745

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FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 200 x 124 mms., pp. [v] iv - vi, 180, with adverts leaf before title-page, bound in 19th century, half calf, spine gilt with olive label, rubbed and cracked to front joint; lacks frontispiece, but it seems never to have had one. A reasonable copy, with two 18th century autographs on the top margin of the title-page, the first scored out (?"N. Harley 1756", the second "J. Peake 1782" and "Peake/ Chepstow" on the recto of the second front free end-paper.

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• Title: The Fables of Phaedrus, Translated into English Prose, As near the Original as the different Idioms of the Latin and English Languages will allow. With the Latin text and Order of Construction in the opposite Page; and Critical, Historical, Geographical, and Classical notes in English. For the Use of Schools, as well as of Private Gentlemen,
• Publisher: London: Printed for Joseph Davidson.
• Publication Date: 1745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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