[1.]: AN UNCOMMON DICTIONARY OF FABLES BY GIUSEPPE PASINI

NO COPY OUT OF ITALY

Pasini, Giuseppe. Dizionario delle favole per uso delle scuole d'Italia ove compendiosamente descrivesi tutto ciò che è necessario, non solo alla intelligenza de'Poeti, ma de' Quadri ancora, e delle Statue i di cui soggetti sono cavati dalla storia Poetica. In Venezia: per Giambatista Novelli, 1777.

12mo (144x80 mm), half vellum binding with decorated paper at boards, handwritten title at spine, red color sprinkled edges; pp. 252, [2]. Calchographic allegoric frontispiece. Xyl. decoration at title-page.

For the name of the A., Giuseppe Pasini, see: Melzi G., Dizionario delle opere anonime..., 1., 327.

References: IT\ICCU\VIAE\012542 (8 copies). OCLC, 797623881. Apparently no copy of this edition out of Italy.


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[2.]: [Classics, Fables] Phaedrus, 1763
RARE ROMAN EDITION OF BARBIELLINI OF THE FAMOUS AESOP'S FABLES WRITTEN BY PHAEDRUS

ONLY ONE COPY RECORDED IN OCLC (IN ITALY)

Phaedrus. Fabularum Aesopicarum libri V. Roma: Haeredes Jo. Laurentii Barbiellini in Foro Pasquini, 1763.

12mo (156x86 mm), contemporary full vellum binding; pp. (IV), V-XI, (2), 2-60.

Rara edizione romana del Barbiellini delle famose favole di Esopo scritte a cura di Fedro.

Phaedrus (first century AD), Roman fabulist, was a Latin author and versifier of Aesop's fables.

References: Ed. not registered in ICCU. OCLC, 879215021 (1 copy at the Università di Pisa - Biblioteca di Matematica Informatica Fisica).

[1.]: Traces of use and presence of brownings and occasional water-stains at leaves. Occasional repairs at leaves. Copy re-bound with its original vellum spine and contemporary paper, but a bit too tight binding. Overall, a good copy.

[2.]: Light traces of use. Copy in good condition.