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Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop With an English Translation, more Literal than any yet extant, Designed for the Readier Instruction of Beginners in the Latin Tongue
- Title
- en_US Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop With an English Translation, more Literal than any yet extant, Designed for the Readier Instruction of Beginners in the Latin Tongue
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: Bilingual: Latin/English
- en_US First Boston Edition, from a Copy of the latest Edition printed in London
- en_US By H. Clarke, Teacher of the Latin Language
- Creator
- en_US Aesop See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:49:38Z
- en_US 1998-06
- en_US 1787
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:49:38Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1787
- Abstract
- en_US These books reproduce in a new typesetting my 1784 copy from Strahan in London. They follow the same pagination down to the last page, where they squeeze the last few lines onto 154 and so are one page shorter than the London copy. Like the London edition, this edition alternates words in Roman and italic print and presents each fable in two columns. I am delighted to have the first Boston edition and to have two copies of it. See also my Philadelphia editions in 1802 and in 1810. I will keep both copies in the collection. The Hale copy is in a contemporary American leather binding. There are a couple of marginal tears, and there is damage to the gutter margins in the early leaves. The Leeper copy is in a coarse cloth binding. It lacks the four-page preface between the title-page and the first fable. It is generally in far better condition than the Hale copy. It is inscribed Muenscher on the title-page and the page facing. These books have seen some years!
- Identifier
- en_US 3570 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Printed by Samuel Hall
- en_US Boston, MA
- Subject
- en_US PA3855.E5 1787 See all items with this value
- en_US Text book See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books