Leipzig 1570. 8vo. colophon: Ernest Vögelin Blind-tooled red vellum sewn on 3 supports with a hollow back each board with a double frame of double fillets the inner and outer connected with diagonal double fillets the front board with the owners initials and the date in the central field: M E B S 1598. With Vögelins woodcut device on title page scrollwork cartouche with a crucifixion - with a bird representing the Holy Spirit - on the arc of the covenant and symbols of the 4 Evangelists in the corners and 4 woodcut initials 2 series with pictorial decoration. 25 1 blank 342 349-513 32 1 blank pp. Vögelins 1570 Aesop edition a nearly page for page often line for line reprint of his own important 1564 edition including one of the most extensive collections of Aesop fables to that date following but augmenting Camerariuss 1544 Leipzig edition. It contains more than 500 fables collected by the humanist classical scholar Joachim Camerarius Bamberg 1500-Leipzig 1574 who played a decisive role in the German Reformation helped Philip Melanchthon with the composition of the famous Augsburg Confession and published editions of many classical authors. The preface and printers note originally copied the 1564 date from the 1564 edition but in the latter a correction slip changed the date to 1570. One can see in the present copy that the slip was present but it has fallen off. Many copies lack the last printed leaf present here containing only the colophon.Lacking the final blank leaf. Somewhat browned the title page thumbed and the corners of the last few leaves gone not approaching the text but generally in good condition.l USTC 657123; VD16 A516; cf. Bodemann 34.1-2 1565 Plantin Antwerp ed. & 1571 Jean de Tournes Lyon ed. hardcover
Londini London: ex officina Rogeri Danielis 1657. Hardcover. 12mo. 8 246 VG-; bound in early full cloth plain spine; moderate wear and rubbing to boards some worming to both boards bumping to corners; ; greek handwriting to front pastedown front and rear endpapers; ex-library with markings to recto of title page; embossed stamp to title page page 99; small ink stains to pages 88/89; lacking last black leaf; Latin and Greek on facing pages;<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> scarce; AG consignment; shelved case 3. ESTC: R20664 <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Per ESTC "The battle of the frogs and mice" is erroneously attributed to Homer.;. 1334141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. ex officina Rogeri Danielis hardcover
Utrecht: widow of Jurriaen Poolsom 1699. Marbled wrappers. Small 8vo. With woodcut of a wolf sitting next to a tree 3.5 x 6 cm on the title page and 47 woodcuts in the text ca. 5 x 6 cm. Rare Greek and Latin school edition of Aesop with the same contents and 47 woodcuts as the 1685 edition published by Jurriaen Poolsum in Utrecht Bodemann 65.4 one of the many editions based on the original Heinsius school edition of 1626 published by Johannes Maire in Leiden with a woodcut series by Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658. Landwehr counts 15 editions between 1626 and 1727. The unsigned woodcuts in the present edition closely follow the Van Sichem series.The Aesop fables are printed in two columns with the Greek left and Latin right prose texts; Avianuss Latin verse rendition of the fables follows in one column. The added Brachomyomachia or Ranarum & murium pugna a spoof of Homer here attributed to him as in many early editions gives the Greek verse text left and Latin verse translation right on facing pages illustrated with 6 woodcuts.First quire loose part of the last leaf torn out.l Fabula docet 16 p. 99; Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 cf. p. 312; STCN 2 copies; cf. Bodemann 65.1-5 related eds. widow of Jurriaen Poolsom, unknown
Mannheim: Academicis 1768. hardcover. very good. Edited by Franc. Josephi Desbillons. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings. 2 volumes bound in 1 very thick small 8vo 3/4 vellum corners a bit tattered 615 pages top edge red rubricated edges. Mannheim: Academicis 1768. a Very good copy.<br/> <br/> Academicis unknown
1817. AESOP. FABULAE AESOPI SELECTAE or Select Fables of Aesop: With AN English translation more literal than any yet extant designed for the reader instruction of beginners in the Latin tongue. By H. Clarke. Baltimore: Published by J. & T. Vance; J. Robinson Printer 1817. Parallel texts in Latin and English printed in double columns. 161 pp. 12mo. Worn and rubbed contemporary binding of speckled calf with shallow loss at crown. The upper board is detached. Text leaves are age-browned and foxed. This imprint is not noted in OCLC though it does note a Fielding Lucas Jr. imprint in Baltimore from the same year with the same pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker 39948. unknown books
Philadelphia: Printed for C. and A. Conrad and Co. et al. Lydia R. Bailey Printer 1810. Later printing. Full Calf. Good. 155pp. Plus 3pp. publisher's ads. Cont. speckled calf very worn hinges cracked & tenuous. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1810 #19318. Printed for C. and A. Conrad and Co. et al. Lydia R. Bailey, Printer unknown books
Mannheim: Academicis 1768. hardcover. very good. Edited by Franc. Josephi Desbillons. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings. 2 volumes bound in 1 very thick small 8vo 3/4 vellum corners a bit tattered 615 pages top edge red rubricated edges. Mannheim: Academicis 1768. a Very good copy.<br/><br/> Academicis unknown books
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown books
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown
Basiliae.: Johann Schweighauser. 1780. Contemporary quarter plain vellum over plain boards. Good covers worn and soiled lacks the ffep contents very good. Small 8vo. 16.5x10 cm. Greek and Latin text on facing pages. weight: 0.7 lb. Engraved vignette on title page. Johann Schweighauser. hardcover
Madrid: Antonio Perez de Soto 1745. hardcover. good. Title page woodcut vignette. 10 3-175 leaves. Thick 12mo full contemporary vellum; well-worn and crinkled but sound with marginal stains on first 20 leaves. Madrid: En la Officina de Antonio Perez de Soto 1745. Overall a good solid copy.<br/> <br/> Antonio Perez de Soto unknown
Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer 1835. hardcover. very good. Arregladas a la Ultima Ortografia de la Academia Mejoradas y Anadidas en esta Nueva Edicion. 108 text woodcuts by Jose Vilanova. 285pp. 6pp. index. Small 8vo contemporary vellum title inked by hand on front cover backstrip slightly chipped at tail; small water stain to corner of first 2 leaves. Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer 1835.<br/><br/> Rare charmingly illustrated Spanish edition of Aesop's fables. This edition not found in NUC or BMC. With the signature of the Massachusetts educator clergyman and bookseller Elias Nason 1811- 1887 and the bookplate of Nelson Osgood Rhoades 1869-1928 an American engineer and consultant to the Mexican government. Palau III 140.<br/><br/> Juan Francisco Piferrer unknown books
Madrid: Antonio Perez de Soto 1745. hardcover. good. Title page woodcut vignette. 10 3-175 leaves. Thick 12mo full contemporary vellum; well-worn and crinkled but sound with marginal stains on first 20 leaves. Madrid: En la Officina de Antonio Perez de Soto 1745. Overall a good solid copy.<br/><br/> Antonio Perez de Soto unknown books
Zagava. Paperback. Good. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Classic Aesop tales revisited with text and illustrations by a variety of contributors including Unter Wasser Baby Dee and stories including The Boy who cried Wolf and the Tortoise and the Hare. In very good condition throughout and appears barely read. Zagava paperback