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First edition thus, and sole Halma edition in Latin dedicated to Prince Willem of Nassau. Quarto (pages 27.6 x 21.7 cm, overall 28.5 x 23 cm). Engraved title by P. Boutats after Jan Goeree; inserted folding engraved portrait of the dedicatee, Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Nassau, by Pieter van Gunst after Bernard Vaillant (sheet 43.5 x 30 cm, folded quarto; platemark 37.2 x 28 cm); 18 inserted engraved plates signed Jan van Vianen (Dutch, 1660 1726), each with 6 engraved medallions (73 mm dia.) arrayed 2 wide by 3 deep on plate. Early 19th-century dark bluish green straight-grain morocco, spine in six compartments between broad raised bands, gilt title in second and date at foot, other compartments, perimeters of covers and dentelles elegantly stamped, rolled and ruled in gilt and blind, prepared grayish green-blue endpapers, all edges gilt, pink marker ribbon, by René Simier, relieur du Roi, gilt-stamped Simier R. du Roi at foot of spine. Printed on thick laid paper with 2 large in-text engraved vignettes signed van Vianen, 3 other unsigned in-text engraved vignettes (including title), 6 engraved headpieces, 9 engraved ornamental letters and 28 engraved tailpieces. Collates complete, [2 ll.] (binder's free endleaf and blank leaf) and [1 l.] (vellum blank leaf) front and back, *^4 - ****^4, A^4-Z^4, Aa^4-Gg^4, Hh^2: 1 l. (engraved title recto), 1 l. (additional title recto letterpress in red and black with engraved vignette), 6 pp. (Dedicatio to the Prince), 6 pp. (Praefatio), 7 pp. (Vita Phaedri by Johann Scheffer), 6 pp. (Judicia et Testimonia), 3 pp. (Inscriptiones), pp. [1]-152 (Fabula Phaedri Libri V), 153-160 (Appendix, fabula by Marquard Gude), 71 pp. (Index Omnium Vocabulorum), 13 pp. (Index), plus the Vaillant portrait inserted before the dedication and the 18 van Vianen plates inserted facing the respective text page designated on each plate. Front joint tender and reinforced, joint seams worn and touched with conservation color, covers scuffed and with edge wear, cover corners worn through, marginal staining on endpapers, front gutter reinforced and brushed with conservation color, light marginal or full-page toning and occasional slight foxing throughout, 7 cm archivally repaired clean edge tear in portrait, unobtrusive frontally, and another 2 cm clean closed edge tear on fold of sheet, 2 cm. clean closed tear in margin of engraved title outside platemark, 1 cm ink blot at fore-edge of last several leaves; overall in very good condition. A large paper copy (27.6 cm tall versus 25-26 cm typically) such as the Radziwill large-paper copy in blue morocco, 115 frs. mentioned at p. 413 in Lewine, Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books (London, 1898), and the NYPL Spencer Collection copy ex-Henry Huth annotated on its blank front flyleaf, Large paper, from the library of Prince Gallitzin (pages 27.6 x 21.5 cm). The printing in the present copy, compared carefully with that of the Huth-Spencer copy, is superb. Just one indication, among many, is the engraving of the miniscule seascape in the van Vianen vignette on p. 152 at the end of Lib. V: the tiny fine lines of the ships, waves and clouds are incisively clear and unbroken. Provenance: Presentation inscription front free endpaper verso dated Westminster 1845 from (Headmaster) R[ichard] W[illiamson] to George Gillett; from the libraries of Robert Hoe, Cortlandt F. Bishop and Mary S. Collins, their bookplates on front pastedown. References: Brunet IV, 588 ("Édition fort soignée sous le rapport de la métrique et contenant un bon choix de notes; mais ce qui le recommande particulièrement, ce sont les belles gravures"), Cohen / De Ricci, 797-8 ("Très belle édition, bien illustrée"), Dibdin Greek and Latin II, 120-1 ( The type is peculiarly rich and bold, and is hardly equalled by any Dutch edition of a classic"), Landwehr, F163 ("Special edition made for the Crown-Prince and the most luxurious among the Dutch Phaedrus editions"). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1635878968757
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