Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Vellum
Description: Ed. P. Burman, PHAEDRUS Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V. Luchtmans, J. and S. Leyden, 1778 Two sections in one volume (58, 398; 258, 72 p.). Frontispiece engraved by MULDER after LIEDEMAN. In excellent condition. Some vellum soiling. not connected. SchoolPrize armorial binding with gold UTRECH coat of arms within fillet line border, gilt spine, and armorial gilt corners Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2"; Latin text Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus was the first to translate a number of Aesop's fables into Latin in the first century CE. There is little concrete information available about him, and in late antiquity, his contributions were hardly acknowledged. His significance as an author and for the fables' transmission did not become apparent until the discovery of a few flawed copies during and after the Renaissance.
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