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Brotherton Collection2
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fables1
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Aesop3
Phaedrus2
Ayres, Philip1
Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)1
Bentley, Richard, 1662-17421
Burman, Pieter1
Burman, Pieter (1668-1741)1
Camerarius, Joachim1
Camerarius, Joachim (1500-1574)1
H. G (1709-)1

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Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque. Cum novo commentario Petri Burmanni

Phaedrus; Burman, Pieter (1668-1741); Hare, Francis (1671-1740)

1727

Added engraved title-page. Title-page printed in red and black. "Epistola critica ad eruditissimum virum H.B. S.E.I. in qua omnes doctissimi Bentleji in Phaedrum notae atque emendationes expendunt...

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The eagle and the robin : An apologue. Translated from the original of Aesop, written two thousand years since, and now rendred in familiar verse

H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop; Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?)

1709

The second poem, embodying a prophecy by an old cat is entitled "Robin Red Breast, with the beasts". Preface signed: Horat. Gram.; sometimes ascribed to William King. Horat Gram presumably standin...

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Mythologia ethica: or, three centuries of Æsopian fables. In English prose. Done from Æsop, Phædrus, Camerarius, and all other eminent authors on this subject. Illustrated with moral, philosophical, and political precepts. Also with aphorisms and proverbs in several languages. And adorned with many curious sculptures, cut on copper plates

Aesop; Phaedrus; Camerarius, Joachim (1500-1574); Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)

1689

With an additional title page, engraved, "Three centurys of Æsopian fables". Title page in red and black. The license date is 27th September, 1688. With engravings in the text. With one-page ...

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