Title: Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae. iconibus veras animalium species ad vivum adumbrantibus ornatae. Gabriae Graeci Fabellae XXXXIIII. Batrachomyomachia. Omnia cum Latina versione. Rufi Festi Avieni fabulae carmine conscriptae. His accesserunt. icones in vitam Aesopi, ejusque vitae, 1585
Author: Aesop; Maximus Planudes; Aldo Manuzio; Rufius Festus Avienus
Publisher: Parisiis, Apud Hieronymum de Marnef & viduam Gulielmi Cauellati
Condition: Good
A scarce late 16th century edition of Aesop’s Fables, published as a bilingual Greek and Latin copy, and illustrated with 127 charming woodcuts. Additionally, there is Batrachomyomachia, a fight between frogs and mice, Galeomyomachia, that is, a fight between cats and mice, a Greek Tragedy, and the life of Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius, written in verse.
Pages 134, 371 and 423 have been misnumbered 174, 771 and 391.
Worldcat records 12 existing copies of this edition in libraries.
One vellum bound volume in 32mo, 448+(8) pages
This volume is in good shape, with some rubbing and staining to the binding. There is foxing and staining throughout, considerably heavier to the second half of the volume. There is old mold in the gutters of some of the pages.