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1788962P6London; Gainsborough: William Osborne & J. and H. Mozley; Henry Mozley; C. and J. Rivington c1788-1824. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 4"; 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart set of three different editions of Aesop's 'Fables' edited by Robert Dodsley smartly bound copies. A striking set of three different editions of Robert Dodsley's 'Select Fables' collecting together the fables of Aesop and other fabulists.Held together in a custom cloth slipcase and a custom cloth chemise to each volume an unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Chemises are in a very good condition slipcase in a very good indeed condition. Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures. Edited by Robert Dodsley a leading bookseller and publisher of the eighteenth century.This set contains:'Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists' published by William Osborne & J. & H. Mozley in London. Undated dated c1788 from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title page and a head-piece to each fable a total of one-hundred and fifty-nine. Strikingly bound in a contemporary crushed morocco binding with gilt decoration to the boards and spine an unsigned binding. Engraved in imitation of Bewick.'Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists' published by Henry Mozley in Gainsborough in 1813. Illustrated with an engraved title and a head-piece to each fable a total of one-hundred and fifty-nine. Collated bound without the frontispiece.'Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists' published by C. and J. Rivington Longman Hurst and Co et al in London in 1824. illustrated with an engraved title and a head-piece to each fable a total of one-hundred and fifty-nine. Twelve pages of adverts to the rear dated July 1831. A striking unsigned binding by Eric Sweet.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. c1788 edition is in a full crushed morocco binding 1813 edition is in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers and the 1824 edition is in a modern quarter crushed morocco with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth slipcase and a custom chemise for each volume. Externally smart the 1824 edition is fine externally. Very light rubbing to the c1788 ed. Light spots to the 1813 edition. Bookplate to the front paste down of the c1788 edition. Internally firmly bound. c1788 and 1813 are age-toned with scattered spots 1824 is bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Faded ink inscription to the title page of the 1824 edition. Repair to the title page of the 1813 edition lacking the frontispiece. Chemises are a little spotted in a very good condition. Slipcase is a little faded to the head with light rubbing and marks in a very good indeed condition. Near Fine William Osborne & J. and H. Mozley; Henry Mozley; C. and J. Rivington hardcover
1912962P19London: Adam & Charles Black 1912. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 8"; 10.5" by 8.5". Charles Folkard. An edition de luxe of Charles Folkard's colourfully illustrated Aesop signed by the publishers A. & C. Black. An edition de luxe of two hundred and fifty copies of which this is numbered one hundred and seven published at the same time as the first Folkard edition.Signed by the publishers to the limitation leaf to J. H. Brough.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both of which are in a near fine condition. The important fables of Aesop. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece eleven tipped-in colour plates and numerous line illustrations in text by Charles Folkard. Collated complete.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures.Folkard created the cartoon character Teddy Tail who ran in the Daily Mail.With a preface by Gordon Home. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally generally smart. Small tears to the head and tail of the front joint. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is discoloured. Light marks to the cloth. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Slipcase is a little faded to the spine in a near fine condition. Chemise is age-toned to the spine in a near fine condition. Good Adam & Charles Black hardcover
1793106262John Stockdale 1793-01-01. Leather. Very Good. 2 volume set 4th June 1793 Stockdale in gilt ruled pebbled full leather bindings dentelles and marbled endpapers. 5 hub spine all edges gilt. Bookplate to front paste down. oversized and overweight. d34 Please email for photos. John Stockdale hardcover
1975329498Boston: Gambit 1975. First. hardcover. near fine/very good-. David Levine. Selected and illustrated by David Levine with 50 humorous line drawings. 104 pages. Thin 8vo black cloth with red printed labels on cover and spine d.w. price-clipped and lightly chipped at edges with one small stain. Boston: Gambit 1975. First edition.<br/> <br/> A near fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper; inscribed by the artist on the half title along with a large original pen and ink drawing of a lion.<br/> <br/> Gambit unknown
1912962Z13London: Wordsworth Classics; Books for Children; William Heinemann 1912-1994 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 6"; 72 by 4.5"; 8" by 6". Arthur Rackham. Arthur Rackham's fantastic and desirable first Rackham edition in the original decorative cloth binding housed in a cloth clamshell box. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition with two later editions housed in . Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a colour frontispiece many monochrome plates and vignettes and twelve colour plates to the first edition. Monochrome vignettes and seventeen monochrome plates to the '1994' edition. A colour frontispiece monochrome plates and vignettes and eleven monochrome plates to the '1979' edition. Collated complete.This set features three editions of Arthur Rackham's illustrated version of Aesop's fables translated by V. S. Vernon with an introduction from G. K. Chesterton. The works feature a collection of charming and popular fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. During the "Golden Age" of British book illustration Rackham was one of its leading artists. He used expressive line paired with a subtle use of watercolour to create his beautiful images. The first edition is in the original publisher's decorative cloth. The later editions are in the original paperback and the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper and the original paper covers. Externally the two later editions are lovely. The first edition is excellent with only minimal edge wear and a slight lean. Minor offsetting to the endpapers to the first edition. The dust wrapper is excellent with minimal edge wear and slight sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound with minimal age toning to the paperback. The other two are clean and bright. The clamshell is excellent with Eric Sweet's bookplate inside Near Fine Wordsworth Classics; Books for Children; William Heinemann hardcover
1737961P64London: J. and R. Tonson; J. Watts 1737. Leather. Fine. 6.5" by 4"; 7" by 5". Not Stated. A finely bound edition of Aesop's fables the fourth edition of the important Croxall translation complete with illustrations. Smartly bound in a modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in March 2001 with renewed endpapers. Clamshell is in a fine condition. The fourth Samuel Croxall edition.The fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.Illustrated with a frontispiece and one-hundred and ninety-six head-pieces being one for each fable. Collated complete.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. In a modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in March 2001 with renewed endpapers. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Neat repair to the frontispiece. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine J. and R. Tonson; J. Watts hardcover
1781962P7London: J. Dodsley 1781. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A strikingly bound quarter vellum edition of Robert Dodsley's Aesop's 'Fables' an illustrated edition. Strikingly bound in a quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards with renewed endpapers bound by Eric Sweet in November 1994 in a custom cloth slipcase and custom cloth chemise. Slipcase and chemise are both in a fine condition.An anthology of the fables of Aesop alongside a selection from other fabulists.Illustrated with an engraved title and an engraved head-piece to each fable including a total of one-hundred and fifty-nine head-pieces.Collated bound without the frontispiece. Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures.Edited by Robert Dodsley a leading bookseller and publisher of the eighteenth century.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. In a quarter vellum binding with paper to the boards with renewed endpapers bound by Eric Sweet in a custom cloth slipcase and custom cloth chemise. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots and handling marks. Bound without the frontispiece. Ink to page 2. Title page has been repaired. Slipcase and chemise are both in a fine condition. Very Good Indeed J. Dodsley hardcover
16948748London. c. 1694. Bound by Richmond in full elaborately blind embossed calfskin. Guilt-tool ornamental devices to front and rear covers. Raised bands and guilt titles to spine. Marbled endsheets. Tall 4to. Early Printing. Illustrated with a frontis Depicting Aesope surrounded by animal characters. Wing A-706: Hodnett-Aesope in England 63. This copy; lacks title page ad leaf @ pg.38 and portrait of L'Estange. Spine heal lacking with lacquered repared. Corners bumped. Covers mildly rubbed. Else a Very Good sound copy. hardcover
16948748London. c. 1694. Bound by Richmond in full elaborately blind embossed calfskin. Guilt-tool ornamental devices to front and rear covers. Raised bands and guilt titles to spine. Marbled endsheets. Tall 4to. Early Printing. Illustrated with a frontis Depicting Aesope surrounded by animal characters. Wing A-706: Hodnett-Aesope in England 63. This copy; lacks title page ad leaf @ pg.38 and portrait of L'Estange. Spine heal lacking with lacquered repared. Corners bumped. Covers mildly rubbed. Else a Very Good sound copy. hardcover books
191225887<p><strong>1912 Aesop Fables 1ed Arthur Rackham Illustrated Esoteric Occult Fairy Tales ART</strong></p><p><em>"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other and we then know how to meet him." </em></p><p>― Aesop<em> Aesop's Fables</em></p><p><em><br /></em>Aesop's fables have been printed for centuries and include some of the most famous fables and tales of all time. This first edition features 13 color tipped-in plates of Arthur Rackham art including the frontispiece. It also has several in-text illustrations in black and white. Many of these illustrations depict animals personifying human qualities in a satirical or humorous manner.</p><p>Rackham art is highly desirable and has been used in numerous literary works. However the illustrations in this printing are particularly notable. According to Hudson</p><p>"Arthur Rackham's primary intention was to amuse…he was often his own model; there are several self-caricatures to be detected in Aesop's Fables. He is the man who catches the flea the pompous gentleman who scolds the drowning boy the credulous slave-owner who scrubs the black boy." Hudson Arthur Rackham His Life and Work p. 94</p><p>This 1912 edition was translated and edited by V.S. Vernon Jones who was known only for this work.</p><p>Item number: #25887</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>AESOP</p><p><strong><em>Aesop's fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones; with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton ; and illustrations by Arthur Rackham</em></strong></p><p>London : William Heinemann ; New York : Doubleday Page & Co. 1912. First edition.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->xxix 1 223 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->65 illustrations throughout</p><p> <!--endif-->13 color tipped-in plates by Arthur Rackham including frontispiece</p><p> <!--endif-->52 black and white in-text illustrations</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Green cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8.25in X 6.25in 21cm x 15.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25887</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> William Heinemann hardcover
99973London Printed for John Stockdale 1793 1st thus. Tall hardback approx 11 x 7 inches. Halfbound maroon leather binding with maroon cloth to boards. Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. Marbled page edges. In very good condition. Later leather binding with later endpapers. Repairs to cracked hinges along spine edges. Hinges are reinforced with cloth between endpapers. Some occasional mild foxing and handling marks. Plates with some mild foxing and offsetting to adjacent letterpress. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 2 vols in 1.: Lxv 189pp & xi 246pp. Illustrations complete with 112 B&W engraved plates includes decorative engraved title pages. Engraved by T. Stothard & W. Grainger. London Printed for John Stockdale, 1793 1st thus hardcover
1718ABC_45405Florence: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini 1718. Plain vellum. 12mo. With 90 incl. repeats woodcuts ca. 4.5 x 6 cm. One of the many editions of this extended collection of 400 fables collected and translated in Italian by Giulio Landi 1498-1580 an Italian author philosopher and classical scholar well-known for his description of the Island Madeira. As mentioned on the title the Vita of Aesop comes first composed in Italian on the basis of Max. Planudes Life by Giulio Landi. The corpus of the Fables includes no less than 400 animal fables some collected from other sources including Fables by Landi himself. The Fables are illustrated with 90 anonymous woodcuts. Several woodcuts are repeated especially at the end for the fables taken from other sources. All fables close with a moral here called Sentenza intended for the instruction and amusement of the youth.The first edition of the Vita appeared in 1545 that of the Fables in 1569 based on the Aesopus Dorpii followed by many editions till far into the 19th century.In good condition.l Cf. Bodemann 52.1-52.4 edd. of 1581 1585 1673 and 1818. Giovanni Gaetano Tartini, hardcover
17813P., A l'Emblème du Secrétaire, 1941, In-4, en feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée et étui de l'éditeur, 87 pp.
1496Paris : Marcilly (impr. Balleu), 1799. 75 FABLES VUES PAR ÉSOPE, LA FONTAINE ET LEGRAND
1607271841607. Antverpiae Anvers / Antwerpen ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607. 3 ouvrages reliÂŽs en un volume au format in-16 133 x 92 mm de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ blond double filet dorÂŽ encadrant les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid roulette dorÂŽe sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs en tÂte et queue titre dorÂŽ tranches rouges. RÂŽunion - en un volume - de trois ouvrages rares sortis des presses de Christophe Plantin et Jean Moretus. L'Officina Plantiniana est considÂŽrÂŽe comme l'entreprise d'ÂŽdition et d'imprimerie la plus importante qui ait jamais ÂŽtÂŽ ÂŽtablie en Belgique. Vignette au ''Compas d'or'' en page de titre troisiÂme et derniÂre marque qu'utilisa l'imprimeur. Lequel - ˆ lÕinstar de Robert Estienne - exposait devant sa porte ses ÂŽpreuves en promettant une rÂŽcompense ˆ ceux qui y dÂŽcouvriraient quelque faute. ''En raison de ses origines alexandrines Claudien assimile le gožt pour le Ç baroque È de son temps reprÂŽsentÂŽ par exemple par le poÂte Nonnos de Panopolis. PoÂte de cour et mondain c'ÂŽtait aussi un pa•en convaincu. Avec Prudence il est l'un des derniers grands poÂtes latins de l'Empire romain. Les deux ouvrages de Claudien sont ici accompagnÂŽs des notes estimÂŽes de Martin Antonio Del Rio. Graesse II TrÂŽsor de livres rares et prÂŽcieux p. 193 - Brunet II Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 88 pour une ÂŽdition de 1602. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Petites altÂŽrations superficielles ÂŽparses affectant par ailleurs la reliure. Papier oxydÂŽ prÂŽsentant en outre de claires rousseurs. Infime manque en marge infÂŽrieure d'un feuillet. Nonobstant ensemble en belle condition. b42961 unknown
160727184Antverpiae [Anvers / Antwerpen], ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607. 3 ouvrages reliés en un volume au format in-16 (133 x 92 mm) de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau glacé blond, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, roulette dorée sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, filet en pointillés dorés en tête et queue, titre doré, tranches rouges.
170114633Phaedri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Notis illustravit in usum Serenissimi principis Nassavii David Hoogstratanus.Amstelaedami (Amsterdam), ex Typographia Francisci Halmae 1701. Ex-libris de la bibliothèque de Ph.-L. de Bordes de fortage.Très belles Illustrations de David van Hoogstraten (1658-1724) :1 grand portrait-frontispice de Nassau gravé par Van Gunst replié.1 titre-frontispice gravé par Boutats.1 vignette de titre.6 vignettes de chapitres.9 lettrines illustrées.32 culs-de-lampe.18 planches de 6 médaillons gravées par Van Vianen.Reliure plein veau granité de l'époque. Dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre maroquin rouge. Tranches jaspées rouge. Dos noirci. Mors fendillés. Pas de rousseur. Déchirure latérale restaurée sur le portrait. Très belle édition, bien illustrée. Bon état. Format in-4°(26x19).
191215<p>London: Heinemann 1912. First Edition. Gray muslinn wrapped hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by V.S. Vernon-Jones. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Color frontispiece and 12 other color plates protected with lettered tissue plus numerous black & white drawings all by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. Some fading of the outside cover with damage to the bottom and top. Inside pages is pristine condition with minimal tanning of the exterior of pages.</p> William Heinemann/Double Day Page & co. hardcover
190968927Hodder & Stoughton. 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. Illustrated with 25 tipped-in color illustrations. Boards are original white buckram now showing uniform light soiling. Corners sharp and inner pages unmarked. Boards show gilt pictorial illustration on front cover two spine tabs gilt on black lettering. Foxing light soiling to inner pastedowns and endpapers. . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
170846353London: R. Sare Et Al. Very Good-. 1708. Hardcover. Two volumes. Contemporary panelled calf spine bands gilt decor. V1 includes the engraving of L'Estrange and after the preface the engraving of Aesop among his animals. VI: Two blanks Frontis title page preface engraving pp. 1-550; 1ad two blanks. Mild edgewear to boards outer hinges cracked but holding small losses to spine ends. Scattered foxing. V2: two blanks title page errata "to the Reader" table pp. 1-266 6pp books printed for Richard Sare. Similar condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . R. Sare, Et Al hardcover
179376453London: Printed for John Stockdale 1793. 8vo. Two volumes. pp. lxv i 189 1; xii 248. Engraved titles and 110 plates. Bindings rubbed and recased and repaired with sheep with most of three of the original calf boards. Orange leather label gilt lettering ruling and devices to spine. Slight cracking to the lower hinge of the second volume. Titles are toned and are cut close at head and foot with loss to the imprint. Foxing elsewhere. A very good 18th century set with striking illustrations. . Very Good. Original Boards. 1793. Printed for John Stockdale [1793] hardcover
1784963Q22Biponti : Biponti 1784 . Vellum. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A vellum-bound copy of the celebrated "Biponti" edition of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop along with contributions from other noted fabulists. The Biponti edition part of a celebrated series of Greek and Latin texts published in Biponti Germany.Bound in a contemporary full vellum with a custom cloth clamshell. A Latin collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop originating from 1st Century Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus known for being the first versifier of Aesop's fables into Latin. Also included in this collection are fables by another well-known writer in the field pagan fabulist Aviani as well as a number of anonymous contributors. Based on the 1727 edition of Pierre Burman or Petrus Burman with contributions from other authors. With an unusual illustration to the title page depicting a mixture of animals in one. Bookplate of Bibliotheque de J. Thompson Bruxelles 1870 and another of Ch. de Toughe. Clamshell by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Bound in a contemporary full vellum with a custom cloth clamshell. Externally very good with rubbing to the extremities and marking to the vellum as is common with this binding. Bookplate and inscriptions to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Clamshell is also in excellent condition with just a little fading. Very Good Biponti hardcover
174221423Parisiis, apud Coustelier, 1742 ; in-12, veau raciné, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, fleurons à la lyre, palette à la grappe de raisins, pièce de titre rouge, belle roulette d’encadrement et roulette sur les coupes, tranches dorées, gardes oranges (reliure de l’époque) ; [24], 132 pp., frontispice de Coypel gravé par Fessard, bandeau répété cinq fois, par Pierre, gravé par Fessard.
1734ABC_45417Bassano 1734. Jo. Antonius Remondinus Sheepskin over boards. With woodcut printers vignette on title-page and some woodcut initials and 76 woodcuts ca. 42 x 55 mm. partly after Bernard Salomon partly after Nicolaus and Gerardus Jansen van Kampen. 12mo. 279 280 8 pp. Elegant edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables. All Latin 349 fables in prose are printed in one column each with a Adfabulation. The edition is an almost page-for-page reprint of an earlier Bassano edition see nr. 35 which is a reprint of the Brescia edition of 1623 Bodemann 64.1 with partly the same woodcuts as in the undated earlier Bassano edition which are after those in the 1623 edition but somewhat enlarged. The woodcuts in our edition not all! are more worn down than in the u dated Bassano edition.l Bodemann 64. 2 variant or printing error in Bodemann: 1743 = 1734 see also 64.1 & 31.1; not in Fabulae docet. hardcover
1815ABC_45453Madrid 1815. 12mo. for Petrus Lopez and his brother Marbled calf over boards gilt spine with red title label lettered in gold sprinkled edges marbled endpapers. With woodcut of the writing Aesop on title and 86 woodcuts ca. 43 x 56 mm. 324 12 pp. Nineteenth-century edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables the collection of the Aesop fables in prose originally compiled by Martinus Dorpius 1485-1525 a humanist teaching in Louvain. This so-called Aesopus Dorpii was first published in 1509 in Antwerp. All 349 Latin Fables are provided with an Adfabulation. The Dorpius compilation has been very important for the diffusion of Aesop as a textbook during the following centuries and was reprinted in a variety of ways at least two hundred times. Four of the woodcuts are illustrating the Vita 82 the Fables.Ownerships entry of Franc. Ant. Vetonnes 1819 on first fly-leaf. The woodcuts are partly rather worn out. Title a bit soiled some slight browning at the end.l Cf. Bodemann 641-3 1623 1734 1788: Madrid with 81 woodcuts. hardcover
