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. : A new edition wherein the errors of the Latin text of the best and latest European copies of Mr. Clarke's selection are corrected: some antiquated English words and modes of construction are expunged, and their places supplied by those which are more proper. : Also the signs of quantity to assist the pronunciation are added. / By James Ross, professor of the Latin and Greek languages in Franklin college, borough of Lancaster.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoLancaster [Pa.] : Printed by Burnside and Smith, North Queen-Street, 1804.
Description4 unnumbered pages, 155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Other author/creatorAesop.
Other author/creatorClarke, H., translator.
Other author/creatorRoss, James, 1744-1827, translator.
Other author/creatorMuhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815.
Other author/creatorBecker, Christian Ludwig, 1756-1818.
Uniform titleAesop's fables. Selections. English.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 5667. ^A575643
General note"Acknowledgements of obligation are justly due to the Revd. Dr. H. Muhlenberg, principal, and the Revd. Dr. C.L. Becker, for their friendly and able assistance in revising the proofsheets of this work."--Preface, p. [4], 1st count, dated June 13, 1804.
General noteCaption title: Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. Select fables of Æsop.
General noteRunning title: Select fables of Æsop.
General note"Errors in the ninth London edition of 1784, corrected in this."--p. [156].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 5667
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 5667).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1804.
Genre/formFables 1804.
Genre/formTextbooks.
Other titleSelectæ fabulæ Æsopi.
Other titleSelect fables of Æsop.

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