65
id. [i.e. Phaedrus] by Bailey.
1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 64, Phaedrus, by Bailey, 8vo.
PHAEDRUS.
Fabularum Æsopiarum Libri Quinque; cum Notis P. Daneti, in Usum Delphini Anglicè redditis; editio
tertis; Opera et Studio N. Bailey.
Londini,
1725.
8vo. A copy of this edition has not been located for collation.
The original Delphin edition was published in Paris in 1675, 4to. and reprinted in that city in the same format in 1726. The
first London Delphin edition was printed in 1688, 8vo, and reprinted in 1703, -07, -17, -22, -27, -35, -45 and 1814.
Graesse V, 252.
Ebert 16585.
Petrus Danetys [Pierre Danet], d. 1709, French classical scholar.
Nathan (
or
Nathaniel) Bailey, d. 1742, English lexicographer, and classical scholar.
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66
id. [i.e. Phaedrus] by Mattaire.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 37, Phaedrus, by Mattaire, 12mo.
PHAEDRUS.
Phædri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum Libri quinque; item Fabulæ quædam ex MS. veteri à Marquardo Gudio descriptæ; cum Indice
Vocum & Locutionum. Appendicis loco adjiciuntur Fabulæ
Græcæ quædam &
Latinæ ex variis Authoribus collectæ; quas claudit Avieni Æsopicarum Fabularum Liber Unicus.
Londini: ex Officinâ
Jacobi Tonson, &
Johannis Watts,
m dcc xiii
. Cum Privilegio. [1713.]
PA6563 .A2 1713
12mo. 96 leaves (21 at the end for the Appendix), engraved frontispiece by and after Lud. Du Guernier, title printed in red and black, part of the Appendix in
Greek letter.
Lowndes IV, 1846.
Graesse V, 253.
Ebert 16594.
Phaedrus, Roman fabulist, lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius. The first edition of the five books of Phaedrus
was published in Troyes in 1596.
Michel Maittaire, 1688-1747, the editor of this edition, was a native of France and educated at Westminster and Oxford. This edition is one
of a series of Greek and Latin authors edited by him, and published in twelves. This is his first edition of Phaedrus, and
was several times reprinted.
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67
Quatrains de Pibrac, fables de la Fontaine & de Boursault.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 139, no. 39, as above, but reading
Fontanie.
1839 Catalogue, page 592, no. J. 56, Morale des Anciens et des Modernes; ou les plus beaux Quatrains de Pibrac, et Fables
de la Fontaine et de Boursault, 12mo; Amsterdam, 1717.
This book has not been identified.
Gui du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac, 1529-1584, French jurist and poet, held a number of high offices in France, including that of general advocate to the Parliament
of Paris, and later chancellor of Marguerite of France, Queen of Navarre. His
Cinquante Quatrains were first published in Paris in 1574, and were translated into various European languages, and also into Turkish, Arabic,
Persian, and into Latin and Greek.
Jean de la Fontaine, 1621-1695, French poet. Jefferson purchased separate editions of his
Fables and of his
Contes from
Froullé in Paris, and from
Reibelt in Baltimore. These are entered in his manuscript catalogue, but were not sold to Congress.
Edme Boursault, 1658-1701, French dramatist and author.
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