Apostolicum symbolum, decalogus, sermo salvatoris in monte, cum aliquot fabulis Aesopi; descripta ordine constructionis, in usum tyronum, postquam edidicerunt declinationes & conjugationes..
Forbes family (Monymusk & Pitsligo),former owner.StEdNL
Aesop.Aesop's fables.Latin.Selections.
Edinburgi: : Apud Robertum Freebairn, typographum regium.,
M. DCC. XIII. [1713]
Woodcut crowned thistle device on the title page.
All in Latin and designed for schoolboys, the text begins with the Apostles' Creed, followed by the Ten Commandments, and then Matthew v, vi and vii (including the Sermon on the Mount). The rest of the book is devoted to a selection of fables from Aesop. Robert Freebairn was in business in Edinburgh from 1705 onwards: the son of David Freebairn, who rose to become Bishop of Edinburgh. At the time of printing this work, he had recently obtained the office of Queen's printer (1711), but two years afterwards he disgraced himself by joining the pretender at Perth, and becoming his official printer there. In the aftermath of the rebellion's collapse, he very naturally lost his official position, but surprisingly he regained it only a few years later, and remained in business in Edinburgh until his death in 1747.
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From the library at Fettercairn House, Aberdeenshire, home of the Forbes family, baronets of Monymusk and Pitsligo.
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