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 Info | Lancaster [Pa.] : Printed by Burnside and Smith, North Queen-Street, 1804. |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, 155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Aesop. |
| Other author/creator | Clarke, H., translator. |
| Other author/creator | Ross, James, 1744-1827, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815. |
| Other author/creator | Becker, Christian Ludwig, 1756-1818. |
| Uniform title | Aesop's fables. Selections. English. |
| Series | Early 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 note | Caption title: Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. Select fables of Æsop. |
| General note | Running 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 forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | 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. 5667). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1804. |
| Genre/form | Fables 1804. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
| Other title | Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. |
| Other title | Select fables of Æsop. |
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