PHAEDRUS.
Phaedri, Aug. Liberti, Fablarum Aesopiarum Libri V. Cum integris Commentariis Marq. Gudii, Conr. Rittershusii, Nic. Rigaltii, Is. Neveleti, Nic. Heinsii, Joan. Schefferi, Jo. Lud. Praschii & excerpis aliorum. Curante Petro Burmanno.
The Hague, Henricus Scheurleer, 1718. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece by Joseph Mulder after Tiedeman: Phaedrus is writing in the foreground, inspired by his Muse, on the stage (background) is Aesop communicating with the animals (100 x 166 mm.); Title-page printed in red and black, with woodcut printers device; some woodcut headpieces and in initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum, brown morocco spine label with the title in gold. [62], 398, [2], 258, [70] pp.
€ 275
The Hague edition of the important Burman redaction, first published in 1698 in Amsterdam by Wetstein (Bodemann, 90.1; see nr. 15), of the Phaedrus fables in Latin verses, together with the prefaces by Praschius, Jo. Scheffer, Tanaq. Faber, the vita by Jo. Scheffer, and the prolific commentaries and notes by among others the classical scholar Marquatus Gudius (1635-1686), Conradus Ritterhusius (1560-1613), professor of law at Altdorf and editor of classical texts, and Nic. Rigaltius (1577-1654, a French classical scholar.
With an owner's inscription on the verso of the first free endpaper. Binding somewhat dust-soiled and stained, frontispiece a little browned, some staining throughout the book, but otherwise in good condition. Cf. Bodemann, 90.1-3; Fabula docet, p. 189-190, nr. 118; Landwehr, F148; Schwabe/Barbier, 78.
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