PHAEDRUS.
Phaedri, Aug. liberti, fabularum Aesopiarum, libri V. cum integris commentariis Marq. Gudii, Conr. Ritterhusii, Nic. Rigaltii, Is. Neveleti, Nic. Heinsii, Joan. Schefferi, Jo. Lud. Praschii, & excerptis aliorum. Curante Petro Burmanno. Editio quarta emendatior.
Leiden, Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans, 1778. Large 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut printer's device on the title-page and some woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. Later half black morocco, blue marbled sides, title in gold on spine, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. [60], 398, 258, [40] pp.
€ 495
Enlarged fourth edition of the original edition of the Burman redaction of the Phaedrus fables in Latin (Amsterdam, 1698). Petrus Burman the Elder (1668-1741) became famous as a scholar throughout Europe due to his numerous editorial and critical works, with his Phaedrus edition being the first. As compiler, he is especially known for his learning and accuracy. Added are prefaces, commentaries and notes by Marqautus Gudius (1635-1686), Conradus Ritterhusius (1560-1613), Nicolaus Rigaltius (1577-1654), Isaacus Neveletus (added for the first time in this edition), Nicolaus Heinsius (1620-1681), Joannes Scheffer (1621-1679) and Johannes Ludivicus Praschius (1637-1690).
With two different library stamps, one on the verso of the first free endpaper, the other on the title-page. Binding a little worn, especially around the edges and on the boards, corners bumped, some occasional stains on a few pages, otherwise in good condition. Bodemann, 90.3; Fabula docet, 189-190, nr. 118; Landwehr, F154; Schwabe/Barbier, 108.
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