Phaedri, Augusti liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque. Cum novo commentario Petri Burmanni.
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3030687
Summary
Bibliographic description
[54], 263, [49]; 93, [1] p. ; 4to. Running number: 4719. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "ι½" [i.e. iota½ = Greek number 10½]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century), author Pieter Burman the elder (1668-1741), editor Francis Hare (1671-1740) Bishop of Chichester, author