Lot 1503

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2 editions of Latin authors.

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1. Phaedrus - Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, ad optimas quasque editiones emendati. Paris, Coustelier, 1742. In-12. Contemp. red morocco, covers ruled with three gilt fillets, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. Nice copy and nice edition edited by the abbot Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier, illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 historiated headpieces engr. by E. Fessard. Contains also the Aesop fables of Flavius Avianus and the "Sententiae" of Publius Syrius. Ref. Brunet IV:589. Prov. Montgodefroy (ms. entry). - "ex dono L. Lemière" (ms. note). - E. Massicot, "globe-trotter bibliomane" (ex-libris). - Alfred Piatz (ex-libris avec un poème "Libro liber" en français). - 2. Juvenalis, Decimus Junius; Persius Flaccus, Aulus - Satyrae. London, J. Brindley, 1744. 24mo. Contemp. red morocco, covers ruled with three gilt fillets, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (sm. defect to head). Good copy of a rare London ed. of the classical Roman satires. Engr. title with crown, feathers and the device "Ich dien", i.e. the arms of (the Prince of) Wales. Ref. ESTC T123550. - Morgan (Persius) 243.

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Lot 1503

2 editions of Latin authors.

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