phædri fabulæ selectæ latinè anglicè de bellamy daniel (1 résultats)

xii, 124pp., 8vo. Engraved frontispiece included in the pagination, engraved title vignette, these two by Bickham, and 52 fine half-page engraved illustrations by Cole, for the prologue and epilogue, and each of the fables; occasional minor browning or spotting. Neatly bound in modern calf-backed patterned boards. First edition, with the last page stating "The End of the First Volume," but no more was published. Daniel Bellamy was active in educating the young throughout his life, writing dialogues and plays some of which were specifically aimed at the girls in his wife s boarding school. In another of his works he wrote "Children are like precious Diamonds. . . the more valuable the Jewel, the more Art and judgment is requisite to make it shine in its full Lustre." The present work gives the texts in parallel columns, made much more accessible by the wonderful Cole engravings. This book is rare, with ESTC locating copies at the British Library, Bodleian, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland, Illinois, and UCLA.