Live auction - Lot 1070
Ezopische fabelen van Fedrus, gevryden slaef des keizers Augustus. In Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt en met aenmerkingen verrykt door D. van Hoogstraten.
Amsterdam, S. van Esveldt, 1769
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
8vo; front. and 16 pl. (text n.c., occ. spotting, some marg. ann. on loose flyleaves in the same old hand).
Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, blue marbled edges (joints rubbed, corners sl. bumped).
Rare later ed. of the Dutch adaptation of Phaedrus by D. van Hoogstraten (1658-1724), 1st publ. in 1703. Engr. ill. : front., large title-vignette and 16 full-page pl. (each with 6 scenes) by S. Fokke. Title in red and black.
Ref. Landwehr, LC, F-181. - STCN.