LOND. 4to. 1516. Latinè. Cum Comment. per Wynandum de Worde.

LOVAN. 4to. 1517. Gr. et Lat. (GABRIE FABELLÆ TRES ET QUADRAGINTA.) Apud Martinum.

A rare edition. Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 19.

BASIL. Sm. 4to. 1518. Gr. et Lat. Frobenii.

A rare edition, copies of which are of little value except they are in good condition: at Steevens's sale, London, a copy sold for £1. 188. Froben published a reimpression of this edition, octavo size, in 1524: at d'O...'s sale a copy sold for 7s. 6d. Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 19. This bibliographer calls this edition a 4to. but it is generally considered an 8vo.; and he appears to have been ignorant of the following editions: BASIL. 1521, 23, 26, and 44. (ET GABRIÆ FABELLÆ, &c.) Gr. et Lat. Frobenii. 7s. Vid. Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i.

p. 210.

BASIL. 8vo. 1534. Gr. et Lat. Gabriæ Fabellæ, Homeri Batrachomyomachia, Musæus de Ero et Leandro, &c. BASIL. 8vo. 1538. Gr. et Lat. (et Gabriæ Fabellæ.) Ab Aldo Manutio. 10s.

Froben published a beautiful edition at Basil, in 8vo. the same year. 7s.

VENET. 8vo. 1542. (Gabriæ Fabellæ, Homeri Batrachom. Musæus de Ero et Leandro, &c.) 10s.; 1549. 8s.; and 1587.

PARIS. 4to. 1546. Græce. Rob. Stephani.

A beautiful and rare edition. A copy at Dr. Askew's sale brought £2. 10s. ; but is commonly sold from 7s. to 10s. Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 19. Clement (t. i. p. 70.) calls this "Edition fort rare.' It was preceded by four editions, in Latin, printed in 1527, 1529, (“ Editio omnino accurata et rara. Bibl. Sarraz. part iii. p. 30.) 1537 and 1545, in 8vo. Quidquid agit, (says Maittaire, alluding to R. Stephens,) "valdè agit, nil perfunctiore, aut oscitanter." Vita Stephanor. p. 49. 14s.

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BASIL. 8vo. 1550. Gr. et Lat.

Another edition, same place and date, was prepared for the press by Erasmus, without a Latin translation.

LUGD. 16mo. 1551. Gr. et Lat. Tornæsii. Gabriæ Fabellæ, &c.

A beautiful edition, of which copies are now become rather scarce from 3s. 6d. to 5s. There were also two other editions of the same fables, in 16mo. published by Tornesius, in 1570 and 1582, which contain the fables of Avienus, besides those fables which are in the edition of 1551, and which are embellished with plates. A beautiful copy of the latter edition, elegantly bound in yellow morocco, brought 9s. at Méon's sale. Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 20.

ANTV. 8vo. 1560. Gr. et Lat. Plantinii.

VENET. 12mo. 1561. Gr. et Lat.

There is another edition, same date and place, containing only 100 fables, neatly printed. 7s.

ANTV. 12mo. 1567. Græce. Plantinii.

A beautiful edition, of which copies in a good state of preservation are rarely met with. De Bure, No. 3573. A rare and beautiful edition, containing the fables of Gabria, the Batrachomyomachia of Homer, the Hero and Leander of Musæus, &c. 10s. Consult Freytag, Adpar. Litterar. t. i. p. 64, who gives a copious detail of this edition.

LOND. 1572. Forma minima. Gr. et Lat.

Scholæ Etonensis. 4s. 6d.

In usum

ANTV. 16mo. 1574. Gr. et Lat. Plantinii. Cum aliis

Opusculis.

The Fables of Avienus, printed in 1572, are often found annexed to this edition. They are not in the first, (alluding to the edition printed in 1567.) Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 20.

FRANCOF. 8vo. 1610. Gr. et Lat. Neveleti.

Under the title of Mythologia Æsopica. A rare collection, and in great request: sells from 7s. 6d. to 10s. The same book has appeared again under the title of Fabulæ variorum Auctorum. Frankf. 1660. in 8vo. without having undergone any other change, except that of the frontispiece. Brunet, Manuel, t. i. p. 20. With plates. See Harles, Fabr. B. G. t. i. p. 212. 12s.

LOND. 8vo. 1657. Lat. et Angl.

The English version is by Hoole, and is by no means

common,

ARGENT. 8vo. 1662. Fabellæ quædam, Apophthegmata select. Græce; et Gnomæ, Gr. et Lat. 5s. 6d.

LOND. 12mo. 1679. Gr. et Lat. 2s.

12mo. 1682. Gr. et Lat. Centum, et Gabriæ Fabellæ.

Oxon. 8vo. 1698. Gr. et Lat. Alsopi.

Copies of this edition are now becoming scarce; those on large paper are valuable. See Brunet, t. i. p. 10.; Fabr. B. G. lib. ii. c. 9.; Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. p. 212.; Warton's Essay on Pope, v. ii. p. 393.; and Dibdin's Introd. v. i. p.

138-139.

LOND. 8vo. 1703. Gr. et Ang.

HAMB. 12mo. 1711 et 1718. Gr. et Lat. Centum Fabulæ.

OXON. 8vo. 1718. Gr. et Lat. Hudsoni.

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"Nos-id negotii pensique nobis dari non ægre tulimus, ut "fabulas Neveleto Græcè editas invenimus, multo emenquas a "datius et nova cum accessione publici juris faceremus; eisque versionem Latinam subjungeremus, partim jam natam, partim olim factam, et nunc demum recognitam. Operam quidam dedimus, ut fabularum interpretatio, cujus nonnullam "rationem habuimus, quamvis paulo liberior et fidelis et Latina "et perspicua esset, quoad ejus fieri posset; ne quos ob orationem incultam ab iis legendis retraherent puerorum magistri, "aut literarum proceres." Editor's Preface. Stolle, Introd. in Hist. Litt. p. 833, speaks well of this edition. See Clement, t. ii. p. 334.; and Brunet, t. i. p. 20.

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AMST. 12mo. 1726. Gr. et Lat. Embellished with woodcuts. 2s.

LIPS. 8vo. 1741. Gr. et Lat. Hauptmanni.

A respectable edition.

8vo. 1741. Gr. et Lat. Heusingeri.

We frequently meet with copies of this edition bearing the date of 1756, but it is one and the same edition, with a fresh title page. A very good edition. Brunet, t. i. p. 20, says, that Hudson's edition formed the basis of the present one. 4s.

PARIS. 8vo. 1769. Barbou. A Desbillons.

LIPS. 8vo. 1770 et 1775. Græce.

cura Klotzii.

Ex edit. Heusingeri,

"Cod. Gothano, et interdum Augustano, atque, sed parcius, "conjecturis usus est ad textus emendationem Heusingerus, "solidis Planudeis contentus, omissa fabularum adpendice Neveletina, satis mendosa, et a diversis auctoribus profecta." Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. p. 213. The latter edition Brunet calls a good one. Manuel, t. i. p. 20.

LIPS. 8vo. 1781. Græce. Ernesti.

A good and useful edition, containing some notes by Ernesti, and a valuable index. Schoell observes, that this edition, which is founded on the Milanese edition of 1479, that of Robert Stephens, 1546, and of Nevelet, 1610, contains 149 fables, and that the text is more correct than that of Heusinger; and that Ernesti has added some observations and a complete index. It is to be regretted, says he, that this edition was printed on such very bad paper. Répertoire, t. i. p. 78. See Harles, Fabr. B. G. lib. ii. c. 9. 3s. 6d.

ERLANGE. 8o. 1785.

Th. Tyrwhitti, dissertatio de Babrio, fabularum Æsopearum scriptore. Inseruntur fabulæ quædam Æsopeæ numquam an-tihac editae, ex cod. MS. Bodleiano. Accedunt Babrii fragmenta. The preface is written by Th. Ch. Harles. 2s.

ETONE. 12mo. 1785. Gr. et Lat. 1s. 6d.

LIPS. 8vo. 1796. Antonini Liberalis transformationum congeries, cum notis G. Xylandri, A. Berkelii, Thomæ Munckeri, et H. Verheykii. Accesserunt Æsopi fabulæ aliquot, quæ in Æsopearum editionibus haud leguntur, et Babrii nonnullæ ; curavit L. H. Teucherus. 4s. 6d.

In the notices and extracts of MSS. of the Royal Library at Paris, t. ii. p. 687-“ M. Rochefort a publié, d'après un manuscrit (No. 1277.) vingt-huit fables d'Esope, la plupart inédites.

PARME. 4to. 1800. Gr. et Lat. Bodoni.

A beautiful edition; a copy of which Renouard sold for £1. 2s. 6d. Large paper copies, in folio, on vellum, cost 5. 0s. 2d. Brunet, t. i. p. 20

FLORENT.8vo. 1809. Gr.et Lat. De Furiæ, 2 vols. 12s. There are copies on large paper.

LIPS. 8vo. 1810. Gr. et Lat. Cum notis Variorum et de Furiæ. Accedunt Tyrwhitti dissertat. de Babrio, Huschkii diss. de Archilocho, et Bentleii diss. de Æsopo. A very elegant and popular edition. 16s. Fine paper £1. 1s. PARIS. 8vo. 1810. Græce. Cum Schol. Gr. Corayii: cum fig.

This is the best edition of these fables which has yet been published. There are copies on large paper. Brunet, t. i. P. 20.

LIPS. sm. 8vo. 1812. Schæferi. Cum notis Hudsoni et Heusingeri.

This is said to be a good edition, but it is indifferently printed. There are copies on fine paper, and on vellum. See Brunet, t. iii. p. 488.

Commentaries, &c.

Count Giulio published a curious life of Æsop in Italian. Venice, sm. 8vo. 1545, and Milan, 8vo. 1561. See Haym. v. i. p. 215.

Meziriac wrote a life of Æsop, which has been published at Bourg-en-Bresse, 16mo. 1632. This small tract is composed of 40 pages, and is excessively rare. See Bayle, Dict. Hist. &c.; article, Esope.

A Dissertation upon the Fables of Æsop, by Dr. Bentley, in his Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the Fables of Esop, examined by the Hon. Charles Boyle. Lond. 8vo. 1698.; p. 231–290. Annexed also to the second edition of William Wotton's Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning. Lond. 8vo. 1697. And to the third edition. Lond. 8vo. 1705. p. 454-470.

F. G. Freytagii, Dissertatio de insigni Æsopi deformitate. Lips. 4to. 1717.

The Life of Esop, by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knt. is prefixed to his Fables of Asop and other eminent Mythologists. Lond. 8vo. 1738. p. 1–33.

A new Life of Æsop, collected from ancient writers, by a learned friend, is prefixed to the select Fables of Æsop and other Fabulists; by R. Dodsley. Lond. 12mo. 1767. p. 11– 53. The editor, in his preface, says: "The Life of Æsop, " prefixed to the former editions of these fables, having been thought not so full as it might have been, a learned and ingenious friend has been so kind as to consult the ancient

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