[Rarebooks] FS: Faerno's finely illustrated Aesop. Latin & French text. London: 1743

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Faerno, Gabriele. FABULAE CENTUM. Ex Antiquis Auctoribus Delectae, 
Carminibus Explicatae... [Traduites par Mr. Perrault, avec de Nouvelles Figures en 
Taille-Douce]. Editio Nova. London: Guill. Darres, & Claude Du Bose. 1743. 
4to. (4),ii,(2),238pp. Separate title pages in Latin and French. Text in Latin 
& French. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece (a bit foxed & 
soiled), and 100 fine copper engraved text vignettes. Rebound in modern full 
calf done in period style.     $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Faerno (d. 1561) was commissioned by Pope Pius IV, in 1550 to compile a 
selection of Aesopian fables. It was first published in 1563. Perrault's 
(1628-1703) translation into French verse was published in 1699. Cohen/de Ricci 
371.

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