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Fabulae Gallicae, Latinae, Graecae, cum facillimis in contextorum Graecum Scholiis. Versio utraque nova et elaborata per I. Meslier. Liber pueris linguam Graecam capessentibus utilis, facilis, atque jucundus.
by ESOPE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Parisiis, apud Sebastianum Cramoisy, 1629. Thick 8vo. 8 leaves. 160 pages. 144 pages. 1 leaf. (1 blank leaf). 6 leaves. 410 pages (i.e. 408, pages 385-386 do not exist). Contemporary full red morocco, gilt spine with nerves, richly gilt boards. First Edition of this rare educational trilingual version in French, Greek and Latin, of Aesop's fables. Intended to help children in learning Greek and Latin, it was edited by Jean Meslier, a grammarian and hellenist who notably directed the city of Laon's college in the 17th century. A magnificent copy bound at the time in morocco and richly gilt-tooled in the style of the greatest binders of this period.
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- Bookseller
- Comellas Rare Books
(ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108897
- Title
- Fabulae Gallicae, Latinae, Graecae, cum facillimis in contextorum Graecum Scholiis. Versio utraque nova et elaborata per I. Meslier. Liber pueris linguam Graecam capessentibus utilis, facilis, atque jucundus.
- Author
- ESOPE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VARIA;Littérature;Belles reliures -Livres aux Armes;Nord-Pas de Calais;Pédagogie - Enseignement;Impression en grec;Fables-Fabliers;Livre en langue latine;Livre en langue française;
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Comellas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
Barcelona, Barcelona
About Comellas Rare Books
Founded in Paris, Comellas Rare Books has been dealing with antiquarian books and manuscripts since 1969. In 2001 we settled in Barcelona, Spain, where we happily welcome our visitors by appointment).And in 2021, we opened a second office in Paris (by appointment also).We specialise in rare items in French, Spanish and Latin - with a special emphasis on bibliographic curiosities and unique copies (provenances, annotations, bindings). Subjects of interest include (but are not limited to) early printed books, science, medicine, history of ideas, social sciences, art and literature.Latest acquisitions, catalogue previews and bibliophilic delicatessen of various kinds are available for the registered customers of our four-languages web site www.livres-rares.com
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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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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