Fabularum Æsopiarum libri V - Aesop; Phaedrus; Burman, Pieter jr. 1713-1778 (Leiden Luchtmans, 1745)
Phædrus versified Aesop's fables into Latin in the 1st century CE
award book to Wilhelmus Ludovicus Gautier, The Hague, 1770 (fold-out diploma, glued in)
beautiful frontispiece engraving depicting the poet at a table with a Muse below, above animals
contains a very extensive preface, a list of editions, and other front matter
incredibly annotated, often providing a page of notes for a couple of lines of text
Originally published in 1727
Keywords: Classical Antiquity (8th Century BC-6th Century AD); 18th Century (1701-1800); Poetry; Moral education