Phaedri, Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V / notis illustravit in usum serenissimi principis Nassavii David Hoogstratanus ; accedunt ejusdem opera duo indices, quorum prior est omnium verborum, multo quam antehac locupletior, posterior eorum, quae observatu digna in notis occurrunt.

Accession number: 
PML 78793
Author: 
Phaedrus.
Published: 
Amstelaedami : Ex typographia Francisci Halmae, 1701.
Credit: 
Purchase; Julia P. Wightman; 1986.
Description: 
[32], 160, [84] p., 18, [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; 27 cm. (4to)
Notes: 

Illustrations include engraved t.p. by P. Boutas after J. Goerée; folded portrait of the prince of Nassau by P. Van Gunst after B. Vaillant and 18 plates, each containing six medallions, designed and engraved by J. Van Vianen.
Signatures: *⁴-4*⁴ A-G⁴ 2H².
Title in red and black.
"Vita Phaedri a Johanne Scheffero ... composita": p. [17]-[23].
"Appendix fabularum, a Marquardo Gudio e manuscripto veteri descriptarum": p. 153-160.
Includes index of fables.

Binding: 
Red morocco, gold-tooled with rococo frame, presentation binding for the Count József Károlyi for his sixteenth name day [19 March] 1784; in PML case.
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Count József Károlyi (binding), Count György Károlyi (bookplate), János Szász (bookplate).
Classification: 
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