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Phaedri Fabulae, et Publii Syri Sentiae
by Phaedrus, Gaius Julius; Syrus Publilius
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Rattier was made Chevalier in 1861, upon receiving the Legion d'honneur, the highest award for military and or civil merits in France. Bookplate of former United Nations interpreter [Victor] de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Light scuffs to boards. A small stain to lower front board. Some wear to spine ends, gentle bruising to corners. Sporadic foxing. Interior clean, near fine. Gaius Julius Phaedrus (1 CE) was a fable writer credited with completing the first Latin translation of Aesop's fables. Publilius Syrus (84-43 BC) wrote proverbs, adages, and moral maxims.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001314
- Title
- Phaedri Fabulae, et Publii Syri Sentiae
- Author
- Phaedrus, Gaius Julius; Syrus Publilius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ex Typographia Regia
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1729
- Keywords
- Fables, Proverbs, Adages, Idioms, Maxims
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fables; Fine Binding; Proverbs;
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About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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