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Fabulæ Æsopi selectæ, or Select fables of Æsop : with an English translation as literal as possible, answering line for line throughout, the roman and italic characters being alternately used; so that it is next to an impossibility for the student to mistake. : With a compend of Latin prosody / by James Ross, professor of Greek and Latin languages in Fourth near Arch Street.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30638.
- Standardized Title:
- Aesop's fables. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Latin language--Study and teaching.
- Latin language.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1814.
- Fables -- 1814.
- Textbooks.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- The second edition improved.
- Other Title:
- Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi.
- Running title: Select fables of Æsop.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed by James Maxwell., 1814.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Edition statement transposed; precedes "With a compend" on title page.
- Based on the translation by H. Clarke. "In this translation, much care and pains have been made to discover, and remove some obsolete words, inaccuracies, and errors in the Latin and English text of Mr. Clarke's Æsop ... Acknowledgments of obligation are justly due to Mr. James G. Thompson, the professor of languages in the University, for his assistance in revising the proof-sheets of this work."--Preface, p. [3], 1st count, dated: North Fourth-Street, no. 44, March, 1814.
- Caption title: Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. Select fables of Æsop.
- Running title: Select fables of Æsop.
- Copyright Mar. 7, 1813 by James Ross.
- Last page blank.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30638).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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