Phaedrus.- Terentius Afer (Publius) & Phaedrus. Comoediae [&] Fabulae Aesopiae, edited by Richard Bentley, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait and frontispiece to Phaedrus, modern brown morocco, by C.Philip Smith, upper cover with three small blind-stamps of eagle, lion & bull in vertical line, spine titled in gilt, g.e., signed with monogram & dated 1955 at foot of rear turn-in with binder's signed typed note mounted on rear pastedown, spine slightly faded, Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, 1726 § Phaedrus. Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, Latin & Greek text, ink signature of Thomas Shore to head of title, contemporary red morocco, gilt, g.e., rather worn, Jacob Tonson & John Watts, 1713; another edition, engraved title, marginal worming to last few leaves, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, I.Brindley, 1750; Fabulae...Fables...for the Use of Schools, edited by John Stirling, seventh edition, licence leaf, contemporary ink inscription "John Wyrill's Book 1764" to front free endpaper, contemporary reversed calf, John Rivington, 1761; The Fables..., translated by Thomas Dyche, advertisement leaf at end, modern morocco-backed boards, Sam. Butler, 1712; A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus...by Christopher Smart, engraved frontispiece, modern half brown morocco over marbled boards, J.Dodsley, 1765, some light soiling or staining, all preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes or folders with slip-cases; and 8 other editions of Phaedrus in 7 boxes, v.s. (14)

⁂ The first is one of Philip Smith's earliest bindings, executed in 1955 whilst in his first teaching post at Malvern School of Art, having graduated from the Royal College of Art the previous year.