Phædri Augusti Cæsaris liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum libri quinque. / Interpretatione et notis illustravit Petrus Danet, academicus. Jussu Christianissimi Regis, in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1675
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3090521
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 101, [64] p. : ill. ; 4to. Eighteenth-century ink “4-6” on flyleaf [crossed through]. Manuscript correction to text on sig. i1r. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf over boards, remains of gilt tooling on spine, blind roll on board edges, red and brown sprinkled edges. Spine title: Phaedri Fab: (label missing). Back cover loose.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century) François Chauveau (Paris 1613 - Paris 1676) Pierre Danet (Paris c.1650 - 1709) Jacques Langlois (1646-1698)