Aesopus, Fabulae Graecae, latine conversae, Parma, 1800, later half burgundy morocco

Aesopus

Fabulae graecae latine conversae. Parma: Ex regio typographeo [Giambattista Bodoni], 1800

4to (300 x 215mm.), parallel facing text in Greek and Latin, later nineteenth-century half burgundy morocco gilt binding by Pawson and Nicholson of Philadelphia, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, deckle edges, binding slightly rubbed

A folio edition was also printed in the same year, with the text in double columns. The binders, Pawson and Nicholson, set up shop in 1848.

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Brooks 797