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Fabulae Aesopiae, curis posterioribus, omnes fere, emandatae, accesserunt plus quam CLXX nova; tum etiam observations, grammaticae praesertim, complures, et Index copiosus, nec desunt Hominum et pecudum figurae elegantes.Mannheim, Typis Academicis
by Aesop. (Francois Joseph Desbillons, Compiler)
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- Full contemporary morocco, black spine and green covers, marbled endpapers in very good marbled slipcase. Aeg. Two Vols. in one.
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About This Item
Manheim: Typis Academicis, 1768. First German Edition. leather_bound. Full contemporary morocco, black spine and green covers, marbled endpapers in very good marbled slipcase. Aeg. Two Vols. in one. Near fine. [2], 58, 290, [2], 291-615 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Desbillons was a neo-Latin French fabulist and poet. As a Jesuit , he taught humanities at Nevers, at the Collège du Mont in Caen, and at the Collège de La Flèche. After the dissolution of the Jesuit society, he was recommended by the writer Fréron to the Elector Palatine. Frontispiece and 15 engraved plates by Egid Verhelst. First illustrated edition of the vast complete collection of Aesop fables, arranged in 15 books to give a total of 532 fables in Latin verse, with extensive footnotes. BRUNET II, p.607. GRAESSE II, p.364. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt florets, cover panels in floral and vine gilt designs, backstrip with red and black leather labels printed in gilt.
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- Title
- Fabulae Aesopiae, curis posterioribus, omnes fere, emandatae, accesserunt plus quam CLXX nova; tum etiam observations, grammaticae praesertim, complures, et Index copiosus, nec desunt Hominum et pecudum figurae elegantes.Mannheim, Typis Academicis
- Author
- Aesop. (Francois Joseph Desbillons, Compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full contemporary morocco, black spine and green covers, marbled endpapers in very good marbled slipcase. Aeg. Two Vols. in one.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First German Edition
- Publisher
- Typis Academicis
- Place of Publication
- Manheim
- Date Published
- 1768
- Keywords
- Fables
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Fine
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- AEG
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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