1784 Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae Novissime Recognitae et Emendatae

Description

Leather Binding, Scarce

The Biponti edition, part of a celebrated series of Greek and Latin texts published in Biponti, Germany.

Bound in a contemporary full vellum, with a custom cloth clamshell.

A Latin collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, originating from 1st Century Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus, known for being the first versifier of Aesop's fables into Latin. 

Also included in this collection are fables by another well-known writer in the field, pagan fabulist Aviani, as well as a number of anonymous contributors. 

Based on the 1727 edition of Pierre Burman, or Petrus Burman, with contributions from other authors. 

With an unusual illustration to the title page, depicting a mixture of animals in one. 

Bookplate of Bibliotheque de J. Thompson, Bruxelles 1870, and another of Ch. de Toughe. 

Clamshell by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing.