Re-edition of the complete and the most prestigious edition of the Burman recension of the 91 Fables of Phaedrus in Latin verses with Burmans extended commentaries printed in two columns underneath each fable (see nr. 31), without, however, the Epistola Critica, to H. B[land[, S[cholae] E[tonensis], I[nstructorem] by Francis Hare, dated London, 30 January 1727: against the edition published by the famous classical scholar Richard Bentley in 1726, being, according to the first short preface (p. iv), too offensive.
After his studies of Law and the classical languages in Utrecht, his native city, and Leiden, Petrus Burman the Elder (1668-1741) settled down to the practice of law, without, however, abandoning his classical studies. In 1696 he was nominated to the professorship of eloquence and history at the Utrecht University. To this chair was soon added that of Greek and politics. In 1724 he became the 9th Librarian of Leiden University. His first edition of the Fables of Phaedrus appeared in 1695 (see nr. 15).
Uncut copy. With 2 library stamps on title (Gymnasium, Warren). Slightly browned, some annotations in ink. Schabe/Barbier, 107.