BABRIUS. Fables. Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot frères, 18 - Lot 84

BABRIUS. Fables. Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot frères, 1844. Large 8vo, black half-shagreen with corner pieces, smooth spine decorated with gold fillets, gilt edges (contemporary binding). First edition of the French translation, by Austremoine-Léger Boyer, of 121 fables by Babrius, a Greek poet who lived in the 1st century. A signed copy from the translator to his illustrious and distinguished mentor, Monsieur Patin, member of the Institut, professor at the Faculty of Letters in Paris. Coat-of-arms bookplates engraved by A. G. du Plessis and P. de La Morandière. Light foxing.

Estimate:£166.93

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