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 | Electronic |
| Edition | The second edition improved. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by James Maxwell, 1814. |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, 155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 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 | Thompson, James G. editor. |
| Uniform title | Aesop's fables. Selections. English. |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 30638. ^A575643 |
| General note | Edition statement transposed; precedes "With a compend" on title page. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Caption title: Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. Select fables of Æsop. |
| General note | Running title: Select fables of Æsop. |
| General note | Copyright Mar. 7, 1813 by James Ross. |
| General note | Last page blank. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 30638 |
| 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. 30638). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1814. |
| Genre/form | Fables 1814. |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
| Other title | Selectæ fabulæ Æsopi. |
| Other title | Running title: Select fables of Æsop. |