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Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Early Printing] [Aesop] Phaedri fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque

Amsterdam: J. Jansson & Widow of Elizei Weyerstreat, 1667. Aesop's fables as Romanized by Phaedrus, edited by Johannes Laurentius. 8vo. [62], 1-462, [2 blank], [204] pp. Illustrated with an additional engraved vignette title by Christoph Hagens and 103 in-text engravings; cancel over-slips on the engravings on pp. 133, 194, and 205, engraving with 'brothel' scene on p. 276 retained and intact; many of the engravings depict scenes from contemporary 17th century life in the Netherlands. Fables followed by an index vocabularum and an index rerum and verborum. Old vellum over boards, light wear, minor spotting; speckled edges; light offsetting from engravings, scattered, mostly minor, spotting, little wear and soiling at edges of engraved title. Brunet IV: 588; Landwehr, Emblem Books (Low Countries) F143. The first illustrated edition of Phaedrus to be published in the Netherlands.

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