Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque; item fabulae quaedam ex MS. veteri à Marquardo Gudio descriptae; cum indice vocum & locutionum. Appendicis loco adjiciuntur fabulae Graecae quaedam & Latinae ex variis authoribus collectae; quas claudit Avieni Aesopicarum fabularum liber unicus.
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1729
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031616
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 60, [104] p. : ill. ; 12mo. Running number: 5167. 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 front pastedown: "α'." [i.e. alpha' = Greek number 1]. Extensive manuscript Latin verse on front fly-leaf, headed "Vera fabula", and on rear fly-leaf, headed "Lupus & Agnus". Manuscript inscription on title page: "R: West". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt double fillet border; blind roll on board edges; plain spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century), author Avianus Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) Michael Maittaire (1667-1747), editor Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE) Marquard Gude (1635-1689)