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Franc. Josephi Desbillons Soc. Jesu Fabulae Aesopiae curis posterioribus omnes fere emendatae / accesserunt plus quam clxx novae ...

Accession number
PML 127895-96
Creator
Desbillons, François-Joseph Terrasse, 1711-1789.
Published
Mannhemii : Typis Academicis, 1768.
Notes
1st illustrated ed. Ill. by Aegid Verhelst.
Collation: vol. I: a-c⁸ d⁴ A-S⁸ T⁴ (A5, C4 missigned A7, A5; D8-page 63 slashed at foot as if for cancellation); v. II: U-2Q⁸ 2R⁴ (U4, 2C5, missigned R4, 2C4).
Fables in verse.
Includes prefaces of the first edition (Glasgow, 1754), the second (Paris, 1756) and the third (Paris, 1750 [i.e. 1759]), in which Desbillons reviews the work of his predecessors.
The text possibly printed by J. Barbou in Paris. Cf. dealer's description.
Vol. 1: 56, 290 p., [1], 9 leaves of plates; v. 2: [3], 292-615, [1] p., 10-15 leaves of plates. Frontispieces included in plate count.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Binding
Contemporary mottled calf.
Classification
Department