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
France
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3090522
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 101, [65] p. ; 4to. Running number: 4720. Provenance: anonymous armorial bookplate: Azure to the cross indented Or, cantoned of four peacocks in their pride, affrontee Argent; helm barred affronty with mantling [i.e. Henri Bachelier (d. 1724), Lord of Moncel, Treasurer of France, residing in Châlons]. Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Bachelier" [i.e. Henri Bachelier (d. 1724)]. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1st century) François Chauveau (Paris 1613 - Paris 1676) Pierre Danet (Paris c.1650 - 1709) Jacques Langlois (1646-1698)