NEPOS & PHAEDRUS. Cornelii Nepotis Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Editio nova, ex optimis exemplaribus emendata et schematibus illustrata. (Bound with:) Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, quibus accedunt fabulae novae ex codice Perottino. Editio nova, ex optimis exemplaribus emendata et schematibus illustrata. Paris, H. Delloye, Henriot, 1837 - 1838. 2 vols. in 1: (II),136;(II),172 p., richly illustrated. Half dark green morocco 24 cm (Back gilt, endpapers marbled; numerous nice engravings of the early 19th century French School, e.g. Jean Gabriel Caquet (1749-1802), Louis Français (1814-1897), Karl Gigardet (1813-1871), Adrien Godefroy (1777-1865), Eugène Guillaumot (1813-1869), Jean Lous Joseph Lacoste (1809-1866), Pierre Eugène Lacoste (1818-1908), Eugène Laville (1814-1869), Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil (1812-1843), Louis Joseph Trimolet (1812-1843), Émile Wattier (1800-1868). This book is obviously a coproduction of the Parisian printers Delloye and Henriot, for the paper, layout and the illustrators of both books are the same) (Cover slightly worn at the extremes; paper slightly foxed)
Book number: 150544 Euro 85.00

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