Fabulae Aesopi Graece et Latine, nunc denuo selectae : eae item, quas Avienus carmine expressit : accedit Ranarum it murium pugna, Homero olim asscripta : cum elegantissimis in utroque libello figuris, & utriusque interpretatione, plurimis in locis emendatâ : ex decreto D.D. Hollandiae ordinum, in usum scholarum.

Author
Aesop [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
  • Latin
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Published/​Created
Amstelaedami, Apud Jansonio-Waesbergios, MCCXXVI [1726]
Description
134 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts), 17 cm (8°)

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    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Rare books genre
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    Notes
    • This edition of Aesop was approved for use in Dutch schools; to it is appended some of Avianus's versified fables and also the Battle of Frogs and Mice with Greek and Latin text on facing pages.
    • Interpretative notes on two pages at end (I4) in Latin (recto) and Greek (verso).
    • Illustrations: 46 woodcuts, including title-page cut and woodcut vignettes at the head of each fable.
    • Signatures: A-H⁸ I⁴.
    Language note
    Text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
    References
    Landwehr, J. Emblem and fable books (3rd ed.) F026
    Place name(s)
    Netherlands Amsterdam.
    Other title(s)
    • Ranarum it murium pugna
    • Battle of the frogs and mice. Greek & Latin.
    • Aesopi fabulae XLII ab Avieno
    OCLC
    31880915
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