1706 Phaedrus & Aesop Fables Greek Literature Stoic Philosophy Hoogstraten Dutch

1706 Phaedrus & Aesop Fables Greek Literature Stoic Philosophy Hoogstraten Dutch

“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”

– Phaedrus

Phaedrus was a 1^st-century fabulist and Roman poet known for his five books of verse fables. Many of his tales are adaptions of Aesop’s famous tales, but he does include his own new stories as well. One major difference between Aesop and Phaedrus, however, is Phaedrus’s treatment of the moral. Phaedrus emphasized the moral of the story much more than Aesop did.

This 1706 edition was collected and edited with notes by David van Hoogstraten – a fine early 18^th-century Amsterdam edition.

Item number: #18290

Price: $599

PHAEDRUS.

Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V

Amsteldami : excudit F. Halma, 1706.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 24, [8], 164, [4]
• References: Moss II:395
• Provenance:
  • Armorial Bookplate – Shaw; Motto: TE IPSUM NOSCE
    • Arms and motto of the Shaw family of Bushy Park, a prominent family in Ireland. The Shaw Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 August 1821 for the Tory politician Robert Shaw. The third Baronet was also a politician. George Shaw, second son of the third Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. The celebrated playwright George Bernard Shaw belonged to this family.
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
  • Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8cm)

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