phaedrus hogstraaten david (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: poor. 4to. [28],160,[84],pp. Original calf. Engraved half-title, title page with engraved vignette. Rare 1701 edition of Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V (various fables) by Phaedrus (c. 15 BC - c. AD 50). Phaedrus was a Roman fabulist who is recognized as the first writer to Latinize entire books of fables, using the iambic metre Greek prose of the Aesop tales. Illustrated with 18 full-page and 38 in-text reproductions of copper-engravings by Jan van Vianen (1660-1703), illustrated decorative initials, as well as many head- and tailpieces. One fold-out engraving with a portrait of Joannes Gulielmus. Fold-out with three small closed tears on edges, six-inch tear expertly repaired affecting image, 1/4" x 7" strip on lower right edge of margin missing. Boards detached, almost all pages disbound but complete. Spine missing. Leaf following title-page expertly repaired. Heavy age wear, abrasions and staining on boards. Some age toning and sporadic foxing throughout. Plates in overall very good, otherwise book in poor condition. As is.