PHAEDRUS
Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V
Ed. P. Burmannus.
Leyden, S. and J. Luchtmans, 1778
(58),398,258,(70)p.
Engraved frontispiece by MULDER after LIEDEMAN.
Lacks 2 ties.
Schoolprize armorial binding with gilt coat of arms of Gouda within gilt border w. corner fleurons on both covers, gilt spine with floral ornament repeated in each compartment
Size 5 1/2 by 8 3/4"
Very good condition
Text in Latin

Gaius Julius Phaedrus was a 1st-century CE Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Few facts are known about him for certain and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manuscripts during and following the Renaissance that his importance emerged, both as an author and in the transmission of the fables.



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