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Phaedri, Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V : in gratiam studiosae juventutis notis illustrati / cura Davidis ab Hoogstraten.

Accession number
PML 53757
Creator
Phaedrus.
Published
Amstelaedami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1699.
Notes
"Editio princeps of a text book made for students"--Landwehr.
Added engraved t.p.
Contains J. Scheffer's Vita Phaedri, T. Renesius' Judicia et testimonia Phaedri and M. Gude's Appendix fabularum.
Includes index of fables and "index rerum et verborum".
Signatures: *¹² 2*⁴ A-G¹² H⁸.
Title in red and black.
Description
[32], 151 [33] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 21 cm
Provenance
John Allen; Robert Thoroton, inscriptions: "E dono Johannes Alleyne. Rob: Thoroton An. Domi: 1707. Coll. Cop. Christ. Cantab." and signatures; Thomas Thoroton (d. 1794), armorial bookplates; Hugo Weightman, signature, Jan. 10, 1826; Ja. Norton, signatures; Caroline Amy Norton, signature, 1864; Knight, signature, 1867; Antony Milton, booklabel: "E libris Antonii Milton," 19th century(?); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Morton Smith, 1963.
Binding
Contemporary English panelled calf.
Classification
Department