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Aesopi Phrygis, et aliorum fabulae :
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iconibus illustratae, & latinius quàm antehac interpretatae.
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CA OSLER P193-1-51
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1565 (Publication)
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- Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589
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- Antwerp (Belgium)
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320 pages : illustrations (engravings) ; 12 cm
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Name of creator
(approximately 620 B.C.-)
Biographical history
Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables; little is known with certainty, but he is thought to have been born about 620 BCE
Custodial history
Inscription on flyleaf from Musser in 1911 to Sir William Osler.
Armorial bookplate with crest for clan Maclean on front pastedown.
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Top half of page 187 removed from volume.
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Also described in the McGill Library catalogue.
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Aesop's fables. Latin. Aesopi Phrygis, et aliorum fabulae : iconibus illustratae, & latinius quàm antehac interpretatae. Antverpiae : Ex officina Christoph. Plantini, MDLXV [1565]
Physical description
Rebound: newer calf with blind triple fillet border on covers (rubbed; front cover detached); five raised bands on spine with red leather label with binder's title in one compartment and a single fruit ornament surrounded by triple fillet border in the rest; side-edges in gilt patterned tool; patterned tool stamped blind on turn-ins; marbled endpapers; stained red edges; blue silk bookmark bound in at head of spine.
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PA3855 A2 1565