Phaedrus, Fables, Book 1 & 2, Cambridge 1st/1st Ed. 1902, Notes, Vocabulary

"The Fables of Phaedrus", Books I and II, edited with Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary by J.H. Flather, published by the University Press, Cambridge, England, 1902. First Edition, 1st Printing with Flather's Introduction and publisher's catalog both dated December 1901.

Hard boards [the boards are slightly wavy, original green cloth with black lettering on spine and front board, Cambridge University Press emblem with a coat of arms in the middle on the front board; 4.1/2" x 6.3/4"; foxed endpapers, pencil-written name "Margarette Hubbard. Va.327" on the front endpaper; 68 pages + 4-page catalog. Several pages of the Latin text have pencil markings and English word translations [may be helpful, but they can be easily erased]; good / very good condition.

"This edition is designed for the use of classes not sufficiently advanced to commence the study of Ceasar. The text is the main that of L. Mueller (Teubner, 1867), but in some passages I have followed Dr. Gow's text..." [J.H.F. December, 1901]

Phaedrus, (born c. 15 BC, Thrace- died AD 50, Italy), Roman fabulist, the first writer to Latinize whole books of fables, producing free versions in iambic metre of Greek prose fables then circulating under the name of Aesop. A slave by birth, Phaedrus went to Italy early in life, became a freedman in the emperor Augustus' household, and received the usual education in Greek and Latin authors.

The fables of Phaedrus include such favorites as "The Fox and the Sour Grapes," "The Wolf and the Lamb," "The Lion's Share," "The Two Wallets," and "The Pearl in the Dung-Heap." His work became extremely popular in the Middle Ages. Numerous prose and poetic versions of his tales appeared in Europe and Britain. A collection called Romulus was the basis of most of them; Phaedrus' identity having been lost, some scholars assumed that Romulus was the author.

In the early 18th century a manuscript was discovered at Parma that contained 64 fables of Phaedrus, of which 30 were new. Another manuscript was later found in the Vatican and published in 1831. Later research identified 30 more fables as written in the iambics of Phaedrus.

James Henry Flather (1853-1928) was educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1872. Flather was the Assistant Master of Lancaster Grammar School in 1877. The following year he became a Tutor at Cavendish College, Cambridge. Flather was Principal of Cavendish College from 1888 to 1891. In 1892, he became Assistant Secretary of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES). He held this position until 1910, when he became Secretary of UCLES. He retired in 1921.

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