[PHÈDRE]. Phædri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum libri V. - Lot 141

[PHÈDRE]. Phædri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum libri V. Amsterdam, Ex Typographia Francisci Halmæ, 1701. In-4° (222 x 285 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). Notes by David van HOOGSTRATEN. A portrait of Prince Jean Guillaume de NASSAU engraved by Van GUNST, after B. VAILLANT, folded. VAILLANT, folded, a title-frontispiece engraved by BOUTATS after J. GOEREE, a fleuron on the title, six vignettes including a dedication with the Nassau arms, eighteen plates with six medallions engraved by Van VIANEN, nine lettrines and 31 culs-de-lampe. Minor damage restored to the margins of leaves D4, N3 and Ff3 and to the folds of the portrait; plates 1 and 7 reenlarged; quire N reddened, but, A FINE COPY, ON LARGE PAPER, IN A CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO BINDING. From the Albert Natural library, with bookplate (2009, 93). "Sumptuous edition [...] for the use of Prince Jean-Guillaume de Nassau [...] with great care taken with regard to metrics" (Brunet, XXXXX); "Très belle édition, bien illustrée" (Cohen, 797-798).