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Collection of Fables by Phaedrus

Original title : Fables de Phèdre 1838

Category / section : Literature and first editions

1838
8vo
82 p.
Engravings

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Date: 1838
Format: 8vo
Pagination: 82 p.
Illustrations: Engravings

Condition of this copy, as described by the bookseller

2 works bound together in a half-leather binding (one cracked joint)
interior well preserved (missing margins on the last 2 leaves)

Bookseller’s description

Fables by Phaedrus. Translation by Abbé Paul, revised and corrected based on the best texts, by a professor of the University. Paris, H. Delloye, 1838. 8vo, in French, 82 pages with index of fables, engravings Phaedri Augusti Liberti. Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, with additional new fables from the Perottin manuscript. New edition corrected and illustrated with diagrams from the best exemplars. Paris, H. Delloye, 1838. 8vo in Latin of 172 pages with index of fables, numerous engravings & ornaments. Thus, 2 works bound together in a half-leather binding (one cracked joint), interior well preserved (missing margins on the last 2 leaves).

The bookseller’s original description (in French)

Fables de Phèdre.
Traduction de l'abbé Paul, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'après les meilleurs textes, par un professeur de l'Université.
Paris, H. Delloye, 1838. In-8°, en français, 82 pages avec index des fables, gravures Phaedri Augusti Liberti. Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, quibus accedunt fabulae novae ex codice perottino. Editio nova ex optimis exemplaribus emendata et schematibus illustrata.
Parisiis, H. Delloye, 1838. In-8° en latin de 172 pages avec index des fables, nombreux gravures & ornements
Soit 2 ouvrages reliés à la suite dans une reliure demi-cuir (un mors fendu), intérieur bien conservé (manque en marges des 2 derniers feuillets).