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Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum alijs opusculis, quorum Index proxima refertur pagella [Together With] Institutiones absolutissimæ in Græcam linguam

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Tubingen & Cologne: Ulrichus Morhandum & Martinus Gymnicus, 1546. Hardcover. 451 (Index & Errata on four unnumbered pages). 15.1 x 9.5 cm. 16th century edition printed in Greek and Latin. Included are Homer, Ranarum & Murium Pugna (24 pages printed in Greek and Latin); Musaeus, Deero et Leandro (26 pages printed in Greek and Latin); Agapeto, Eposito Capitum Damononitiorum (44 pages printed in Greek and Latin); Hipp Ivsivrandum (4 pages) and 17 pages in Greek. BRUNET II 99. [Bound With] Clenardus, Nicolaus -- Text in Greek and Latin. 380 pages. (OCLC 265496015). Both titles printed 1546. From the collection of Broadway producer Crosby Gaige. First title printed within woodcut border with hand coloring, plus 17 woodcut decorative initials with some staining. Unidentified inscription on title page (F.J. Pith?) and early signature annotations, unidentified stamp, Crosby Gaige bookplate. Save for the title and one following leaf the interior contents are pristine. Later half calf rebacked and marbled boards. All edges red. Near fine. Item #23050

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