AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum Index proxima refertur pagella. Tübingen: Ulrichus Morhardum, 1546.

8vo (151 x 95 mm). Title printed within woodcut border with hand-coloring, 17 woodcut decorative initials. (Abrasion with minor loss to border on title, some browning or staining.) Later half calf gilt, marbled boards, edges stained red (some overall wear). Provenance: Unidentified inscription on title-page; F. J. Pith? (early signature, annotations); unidentified stamp; Crosby Gaige (1883-1949) (bookplate).

A rare 16th-century edition of Aesop's Fables, printed in Greek and Latin, here printed with an index. Also included, are Homer, Ranarum & Murium Pugna (24pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Musaeus, Deero et Leandro (26pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Agapeto, Exposito Capitum Damonitoriorum.... (44pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Hipp. Ivsivrandum (4pp.); and 17pp. in Greek. From the collection of Broadway producer Crosby Gaige. Brunet II 99.

[Bound with:] CLENARDUS, Nicolaus. Institutiones absolutissimae in Graecam linguam. Cologne: Martinus Gymnicus, 1546. Text in Greek and Latin. Copies of either work are exceedingly scarce on the market at auction.

Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch

AESOP (ca 620-560 B.C.). Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum Index proxima refertur pagella. Tübingen: Ulrichus Morhardum, 1546.