16th Mar, 2023 11:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 7
 

Fables.- Fables of Aesop

Fables.-

Fables of Aesop and Others, second edition, the title is a cancel from the 1722 edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcuts illustrations, head- and tailpieces, some hand coloured, occasional spotting and damp staining, some light browning, ownership inscription on title, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine, edges red, rubbed, [ESTC, 118327], Tho. Astley, 1728;

Explication Historique des Fables, nouvelle edition, 3 vol., half titles, occasional spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, title lettered on spines, edge red, rather rubbed, Paris, Briasson, 1742;

Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists, in three books..., engraved frontispiece, title vignette and text illustrations, spotting and soiling throughout, contemporary calf, marbled endpapers, title on spine, rubbed and worn, Birmingham, J. Baskerville for R. & J. Dodsley, 1764, 8vo;

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables. Imprimé par Ordre du Roi pour l'Éducation de Monseigneur le Dauphin, 2 vol., half titles, woodcut printer's device on titles, contemporary speckled calf, covers ruled in gilt, gilt borders and spine, letterpieces on red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, Paris, Didot l'Ainé, 1789;

Le Grand (M.) Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, 2 vol. engraved vignette on titles, text illustrations, minor spotting, contemporary marbled calf, covers ruled in gilt, spine gilt with floral motif, W. Bulmer, 1796; 4to (9)

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