1787 Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Ex Recensione Petri Burmanni

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A Venice edition of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, written in Latin.

Bound in marbled card covers, with a custom cloth chemise and slipcase by Eric Sweet.

Edited by Pieter Burman, a Dutch classical scholar and library cataloguer.

A collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, originating from Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus, known for being the first versifier of Aesop's fables into Latin. Born in the 1st century AD, not much was known about Phaedrus until the discovery of a few of his manuscripts during the Renaissance, when his popularity soared.

Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of Mercure addressing Aesop by P. Scataglia, after Fessard and Durand, with an additional vignette to the title page. Collated, complete.  

Bound 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. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style.

With a bookplate of Fedro.