Research Catalog

Title

Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum aesopicarum libri. V. : Cum indice verborum locupletissimo.

Author

Phaedrus.

Publication

Londini : Typis I. Brindley, 1750.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Aesop.
• Brindley, John, -1758
• Betts, William, 1802-1884

Description

[2], 84, [100] p.; 12 cm (12mo)

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Fabulae
• Ais⁻opou mythoi

Subject

• Fables, Latin
• Fables, Latin > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Cancellation (Printing)
• Cancel leaves (Printing)
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• The title page is engraved.
• "Appendix fabularum Aesopiarum ex ms. Divionensi, Rimicio, Romulo, et aliis" [chiefly modern versifications, by the unnamed editor, of postclassical prose texts]--p. [63]-82.
• Signatures: B⁶(±B6) C-H⁶ I² K-R⁶

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A.A. Schomburg." ; With bookplate on front pastedown: "William Betts." ; With the ink stamp on front pastedown: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Binding (note)

• bound in brown leather with gold tooling; with a red leather spine label with gold tooled title: PHÆDRI FABULÆ.

Call Number

Sc Rare 871-P (Phaedrus. Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopicarum libri v.)

OCLC

• 4209210
• NYPG744000388-B

Author

Phaedrus.

Title

Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum aesopicarum libri. V. : Cum indice verborum locupletissimo.

Imprint

Londini : Typis I. Brindley, 1750.

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T141020

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 871-P (accession no. B593954) inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A.A. Schomburg." ; With bookplate on front pastedown: "William Betts." ; With the ink stamp on front pastedown: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Binding

Copy in Sc Rare 871-P bound in brown leather with gold tooling; with a red leather spine label with gold tooled title: PHÆDRI FABULÆ.

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 871-P lacking final blank leaf R6 (p. [99]-[100] at end).

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Added Author

Aesop.

Brindley, John, -1758, printer.

Betts, William, 1802-1884, former owner.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 871-P (Phaedrus. Phaedri Aug. liberti Fabularum Aesopicarum libri v.)