Mythologia Aesopica, in qua, Aesopi Fabulae Graecolatinae CCXCVII. quarum CXXXVI. primum prodeunt. Accedunt Babriae Fabulae etiam auctiores; Haec omnia ex Bibliotheca Palatina

Title
en_US Mythologia Aesopica, in qua, Aesopi Fabulae Graecolatinae CCXCVII. quarum CXXXVI. primum prodeunt. Accedunt Babriae Fabulae etiam auctiores; Haec omnia ex Bibliotheca Palatina
Description
en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
en_US Language note: Bilingual: Latin/Greek
Isaac Nicolaus Nevelet
Creator
en_US Nevelet, Isaac Nicolaus
Contributor
en_US Solis, Virgil
Date
2025-05-20T17:10:39Z
2025-02
en_US 2023
Date Available
2025-05-20T17:10:39Z
Date Issued
en_US 1610
Abstract
en_US This is a disappointing edition. I ordered it at the time when I found an original 1610 edition, thinking that I could reduce wear on that early volume. If I hoped to use the recent to comprehend the earlier, the opposite is true. Perhaps the publishers' decision to expand the page size -- from 3.5" x 6" to 5.5" x 8.5" -- is responsible, but much of the book is so blotted that it can be hard to comprehend. The Greek is particularly compromised. For some reason, this edition cuts the book off at 638, not 678; they thus sacrifice some of Nevelet's valuable notes. After introductory material, the Vita Aesopi is on 4-82. Aesop (Aldus Manutius collection, #1-149) is on 83-211. Previously unedited Aesop texts (#150-297) are on 212-321 [this section Bodemann seems to overlook here but to introduce as new in 1660]. Aphthonius #1-40 follow on 322-53. Then come Gabrius #1-43 and Babrius #1-11 on 354-87; Phaedrus (#1-90 on 388-452); Avienus (#1-42 on 453-485); Anonymi (#1-60 on 486-530); and Laurentius Abstemius (#1-99 on 531-618). There follow then Nevelet's extensive notes on 621-end. "Aesopi," "Aphtonii," "Gabrii," and "Babrii" are all delivered in Greek with Latin translations, the first two in parallel columns and the latter two in sequential quatrains. The woodcuts imitate those of Virgil Solis. Many of them recur as their fables appear in multiple collections.
Identifier
en_US 13706 (Access ID)
uri
https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/158060
Language
en_US lat
Publisher
en_US Skilled Books
en_US India
Subject
Aesop and others
Item sets
Carlson Fable Collection Books