A selection of 24 shortened Phaedrus fables as part of a well-known schoolbook for the youngest pupils of the Dutch Latin schools for learning to read Latin. The chapter with the fables is titled "Phaedri fabulae selectae" (pp. 29-47). The author of this schoolbook was Herman Bosscha (1755-1819), (con)rector of the Latin schools of Franeker (1776), Deventer (1781) and Amsterdam (1806) and professor of history in Harderwijk and Groningen. The little book ran through at least three editions: the first was published in 1794, the second edition in 1803 and the third in 1816. The present copy is the second edition.
With an owner's inscription of G. Holtius dated 1808 on the first free endpaper. Binding worn, paper shaved on the boards and especially around the spine. Otherwise in good condition. WorldCat (1 copy); not in Landwehr.