AESOP; PHAEDRUS, Gaius Julius (tr.); BAILEY, Nathan (ed.)

(1) AESOP; PHAEDRUS, Gaius Julius (tr.); BAILEY, Nathan (ed.), Phaedri Augusti Caesaris Liberti, Fabularm Aesopiarum Libri quinque: Quibus adjiciuntur INDEX locuplentissiums Grammatico-Practicus Vocabulorum omnium Fabulis in iisdem contentorum UNA CUM Interpretatione eorum Anglicana, Praxique Grammaticali… In Usum SCHOLARUM.

London: D. Browne, 1721

 

(2) ANON., A Construing and Parsing Index to Phaedrus’s Fables Being All the Words in them digested into an Alphabetical Order and the English set to each word…

London: Printed in the Year 1721

 

£ 400

Second Edition of both. 8vo (20 x 13 cm). (1) 53pp. [8]; Title page, Preface, Index. (2) 168 pp; Title page, Index. Roman and Italic script, in Latin and English. Ornamental decorations throughout. Minor browning and foxing throughout not affecting text. Contemporary calf with blind-stamped floral decoration on cover; spine in six compartments with five raised bands. Slightly worn edges and corners; slight cracking at spine. Overall a good copy.