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1781Best.-Nr. ABC_45398Copenhagen: widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen & Leipzig Christian Gottlob Prost 1781. Contemporary half calf brown paper sides brown morocco spine label with the title in oxidized gold. 8vo. With a woodcut title-vignette woodcut head- and tailpieces and 117 etchings with captions "Fab. I-CXVII" illustrating the 117 Aesop fables each pasted on separate leaves except the last one Fab. CXVII. The second edition of the German translation of the French edition of the Aesop fables by Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde 1648-1734 with extensive dialogues on the moral of each fable together with the life of Aesop by Planudes the 18 fables of the Italian renaissance humanist and classical scholar Francesco Philelphus 1398-1481 and the fables of Gabrias and Avianus Amsterdam for Pierre Mortier 1708. The first edition appeared in Copenhagen by the widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen und in 1769 in Leipzig by Christian Gottlob Prost Bodemann 97.4. The 117 etchings illustrating the Aesop fables are after the engravings of the first edition but are different.Leather worn top of spine lacking boards damaged with the right corner of the front board nearly cracked hinges weak. Some small stains. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Bodemann 97.4 first edition; not in Fabula docet. [widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen] & Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Prost, unknown
Best.-Nr. 0870-23Ulm Johann Cornad Wohler Druck: Johannes Gassenmeyer 1714. Zum andern mal vermehrter in Druck verfetiget" 2. Auflage. 1. Teil von 3 apart. 12°. Gefalt. Kupfertitel gefalt. Titelbl. in Schwarz u. Rot 2 Bll. 400 S. 2 Bll. mit 50 gefalt. Kupfertaf. Ldr.-Bd. d. Zeit über Holzdeckeln mit 2 intakten Schließen. Rücken mit verblasstem handschriftl. Titel Deckel mit reicher Rollstempel- und Streicheisenverzierung. Blauschnitt. Einband etwas berieben. Innen leicht gebräunt und stockfleckig 5 Tafeln mit Einrissen oder kl. Ausrissen im w. Rand. Titel mit zeigen. Nummer in Tinte. vgl. Wegehaupt I 18; vgl. VD17 12:646391S - Erster von 3 Teilen der 2. Auflage der in Ulm gedruckten überarbeitenen Fabeln des Aesop 6. Jhd. v. Chr. Die Überarbeitung und die zumeist an die Fabeln anschließenden Kommentare "Nutzen dieser Fabel" stammen laut Vorwort von Matthäus Schultheiß gest. vor 1714 der möglicherweise mit dem Drucker früherer Ulmer Ausgaben und Auflagen Matthäus Schultes aktiv 1652-1692 ident ist. Die Kupferstiche stammen vermutlich von dem Augsburger Kupferstecher Christoph Schmidt der nach Aegidius Sadelers 1570-1629 Fabel-Illustrationen gearbeitet hat. Für die vorliegende Ausgabe wurden wohl teils die Kupferstich-Platten der Ausgabe Ulm 1679 verwendet bzw. überarbeitet jedoch wurde die Signatur "Aegid. Sadeler inventor; Christ. Schmidt sculp. Augsp." aus den Platten gelöscht. Die ersten 127 S. enthalten eine Lebensbeschreibung Aesops. Ulm, Johann Cornad Wohler (Druck: Johannes Gassenmeyer) 1714. unknown
Best.-Nr. 14124Mannheim, Typis Academicis, 1768. Deux volumes in-8, 58-615-(2) pp. en pagination continue, veau moucheté de l'époque, dos à nerfs cloisonnés et fleuronnés, pièces de titre, tranches marbrées (nerfs et coiffes un peu frottés).
1988In-4 gr. , brossura orig., sovraccoperta, custodia in cartonato edit., pp. 45,(11), con 1 acquaforte di Ontani, numerata e firmata dall’artista. Così si precisa al Lettore: “Abbiamo ideato questo libro valendoci delle edizioni critiche, dei principali testi di lingua tratti da manoscritti medioevali italiani e stampati nei secoli XVIII e XIX, delle traduzioni e versioni in volgare italiano, portoghese, in inglese e francese, in dialetto genovese, milanese, veneto, romanesco..”. Edizione in carattere Bembo, impressa in Verona con torchio Stanhope su carta Hahnemuhle da Alessandro Zanella, in 150 esempl. numerati. Il ns., 43, è in perfetto stato. .
Best.-Nr. 49499o. O. Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft 1953. 4° 28.5 x 20.5 cm 11 Doppelbl. m. 7 Orig.-Radierungen Lose Bl. in kart. Mappe in Schmuckschuber. Schuber min. lichtrandig sonst tadellos. EA. Ex. Nr. 107/130. Von H. Fischer im impressum signiert. Jahresgabe der Schweizerischen Graphischen Gesellschaft 1953. 010 o. O., Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft, 1953 unknown
1770Best.-Nr. 962P2London: J. Dodsley 1770. Leather. Fine. 6.5" by 4"; 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A finely bound edition of Aesop's fables in a custom clamshell a lovely washed copy complete with plates. 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. Pages have been washed presenting an extraordinarily and uncommonly bright copy of this work.An anthology of the fables of Aesop alongside a selection from other fabulists.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title and fifteen plates. 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.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.Edited by Robert Dodsley. Smartly bound in a modern quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine J. Dodsley hardcover
1814Best.-Nr. 961P59Gainsborough: H. Mozley 1814. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4"; 7.5" by 4.5". Thomas Bewick. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables spelt as "Esop" here a smart edition with reproductions of Bewick's woodcuts. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables published by H. Mozley in Gainsborough.Smartly bound in a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet in November 2006 with renewed endpapers. Slipcase is in a fine conditionThe fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.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 adventure of many different creatures.Engraved after Bewick with a head-piece to each fable. Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.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.Collated bound without the final leaf of the index. In a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Neat archival repairs to the text including to the title-page and other pages of text with no loss more significant repair to page 53/54 with loss of text. Bound without the final leaf of the index. Slipcase is fine. Very Good Indeed H. Mozley hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 021687London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Very mild soiling to covers. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Franciszka Themerson. Illustrated wraps with self-dustwrapper 8" x 10" printed in red and black. Copy #249 of 400 printed on a hand press and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson SIGNED by her with an ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. Also with a spurious signature of Aesop. Laid in is a compliments slip with the handwritten note by Themerson: "one of the very last copies/sorry it's rather dirty." Gaberbocchus Press Limited paperback books
1849Best.-Nr. 47625Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1849. Very good. Early edition of this French reader for young US learners published as the cracks that would lead to the Civil War began to form. The world economic status of the US in 1849 was strong due in no small part to the country's ability to produce cotton cheaply through the labor of enslaved people. With the rise of Industrial Revolution technology people were able to move around the globe faster than every before - an urban American student learning French in this period was not only engaging in mental stimulation but actually stood a chance of using their skills to eventually converse with a real French person. ÆSOP'S FABLES IN FRENCH was published during this period offering moral anecdotes alongside "those idiomatic forms of speech" that "characterize a language" Advertisement. Scarce; OCLC locates only one holding of this edition. Duodecimo. 6'' x 3.5''. Original textured sheep-backed pink boards. 238 pages collated complete. Early partially removed ownership label to front board with last name Stocker. Early pencil ownership inscription to second blank. Early ink ownership inscription to page 3 matching ownership label. Scattered pencil annotations to margins. Binding with wear some dampstaining; careful repair to lower spine. Leaves with light foxing and occasional toning. Sound. Lindsay & Blakiston unknown books
1849Best.-Nr. 47625Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1849. Very good. Early edition of this French reader for young US learners published as the cracks that would lead to the Civil War began to form. The world economic status of the US in 1849 was strong due in no small part to the country's ability to produce cotton cheaply through the labor of enslaved people. With the rise of Industrial Revolution technology people were able to move around the globe faster than every before - an urban American student learning French in this period was not only engaging in mental stimulation but actually stood a chance of using their skills to eventually converse with a real French person. ÆSOP'S FABLES IN FRENCH was published during this period offering moral anecdotes alongside "those idiomatic forms of speech" that "characterize a language" Advertisement. Scarce; OCLC locates only one holding of this edition. Duodecimo. 6'' x 3.5''. Original textured sheep-backed pink boards. 238 pages collated complete. Early partially removed ownership label to front board with last name Stocker. Early pencil ownership inscription to second blank. Early ink ownership inscription to page 3 matching ownership label. Scattered pencil annotations to margins. Binding with wear some dampstaining; careful repair to lower spine. Leaves with light foxing and occasional toning. Sound. Lindsay & Blakiston unknown
1857Best.-Nr. 962P8London; New York: W. Kent & Co; Chatto and Windus; The Viking Press; Bracken Books 1857-1986. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 10.5" by 8.5"; 10" by 7.5"; 9.5" by 8"; 11" by 9"; . Charles H. Bennett; Swain; Randolph Caldecott. A curated set of five editions of Charles H. Bennett's illustrated Aesop's 'Fables' a curated set with colourful illustrations. Charles H. Bennett's illustrations for Aesop's 'Fables' first appeared in 1857 and as evidenced in this set was oft-reprinted over the following century. This is a unique and curated set containing five different editions of Bennett's 'Fables' from the first edition of 1857 to a 1986 reprint a curious reference set.In a custom cloth slipcase and a custom cloth chemise. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine 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.This set contains:'The Fables of Aesop and Others Translated Into Human Nature' the first Bennet edition hand-coloured issue published by W. Kent & Co in London in 1857. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece a hand-coloured title page and twenty-two hand-coloured plates. Collated complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others Translated Into Human Nature' the first Bennet edition plain issue published by W. Kent & Co in London in 1857. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece a monochrome title page and twenty-two monochrome plates. Collated complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others Translated Into Human Nature' published by Chatto and Windus in London in 1875. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece a hand-coloured title page and twenty-two hand-coloured plates. Collated complete.'Bennett's Fables From Aesop and Others' published by the Viking Press in New York in 1978 in the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a foreword by Gerald Gottlieb. Illustrated with a colour vignette title and twenty-three colour plates. Collated complete.'The Fables of Aesop and Others Translated Into Human Nature' published by Bracken Books in London in 1986 in the original unclipped dust wrapper. With additional fables designed and drawn by Randolph Caldecott. Illustrated with a colour vignette title twenty-two colour plates and monochrome illustrations. Collated complete.Bennett was a pioneering Victorian illustrator known for his techniques in comic illustration. 1857 hand-coloured issue is rebound in a quarter morocco binding with paper to the boards part of the original boards restored 1857 plain issue is in a rebacked quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards and renewed endpapers 1875 edition is in the original publisher's cloth smartly rebacked the 1978 and 1986 editions are both in the original publisher's cloth bindings in the original unclipped dust wrappers together in a custom cloth slipcase and custom cloth chemise. Externally the 1857 and 1875 editions are generally smart the 1978 and 1986 editions are very smart. Light bumping to the extremities of the 1857 and 1875 editions. Light rubbing and marks to the boards of the 1857 hand-coloured issue. Handling marks and discolouration to the boards of the 1857 plain issue heavier to the rear board. A few light marks and a little light rubbing to the 1875 edition hinges have been reinforced. Dust wrapper for the 1978 edition is a little sunned to the spine with a few light handling marks and a price sticker to the front fly leaf. Dust wrapper to the 1986 edition is smart with a price sticker to the front fly leaf. Internally firmly bound. 1857 and 1875 editions are generally bright with scattered spots whereas the 1978 and 1986 editions are bright and clean. Repair to the contents leaf and pages 1 5 and 21 of the 1857 hand-coloured issue. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Very Good Indeed W. Kent & Co; Chatto and Windus; The Viking Press; Bracken Books hardcover
LEGATURA IN TUTTA PERGAMENA COEVA, MANCANO I LEGACCI. INTERNO CON MOLTE VIGNETTE DI BUONA QUALITA' numero pagine: 449 (6) formato: 13.2X8 stato conservazione: ABBASTANZA BUONO, NOME E GHIRIGORO DI POSSESSO ALLA SGUARDIA. NORMALI BRUNITURE E SEGNETTO AD UN MARGINE DI UNA PAGINA. UN PAIO DI FORELLINI ALLA PERGAMENA E TAGLIO
Best.-Nr. 50671Amsterdam.1726.In-12 en vélin.134 p.Bois gravés.qques traces de mouillure ancienne.Ex-libris.
1910Best.-Nr. 11574Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910. 8vo. 7.2 x 5.1 inches. Reprint of an edition that was originally published in 1894 with notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. A few light spots to the blank endpapers but overall a nice clean copy in a fine contemporary leather binding of full tree calf. Spine with raised bands each decorated with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and decorated in gilt. Burgundy morocco title label ruled and lettered in gilt. Double ruled gilt border on boards. Front board with gilt stamped arms of the Queen Elizabeth School in Cranbrook. Board edges with decorative gilt tooling. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School prize label on the front pastedown endpaper. A lovely copy. Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1910 hardcover
1709Best.-Nr. 015988D'estienne Roger : Amsterdam 1709. 2 volumes bound in 1. Book measures 17x10.cm. 4488pp engraved frontis circa 140 illustrations within text. Bound in modern half calf with lettering on top board. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice clean copy. Housed in a modern cloth drop-back box. F . Half Calf. Very Good Plus. 12mo. Amsterdam Hardcover
1796Best.-Nr. 558164 vol. in-8 cartonnage bradel marron de l'époque, de l'Imprimerie de Delance, Paris, 1796, ; 2 ff., XX-371 pp. ; 2 ff., III-280 pp. et 1 f. ; 2 ff., L pp., 1 f., 260 pp. 2 ff., 364 pp. Rappel du titre complet : Les Trois Fabulistes, Esope, Phèdre et La Fontaine, par Chamfort et Gail (4 Tomes -Complet) I : Esope, grec et Latin, traduit en français par J.-B. Gail ; II : Phèdre, traduit en français par J.-B. Gail ; III et IV : Fables de La Fontaine, avec les notes de Chamfort
1992In-4 gr., leg. edit. in brossura, sovrac., astuccio, pp. 39,(11), con un’acquaforte di Cucchi, num. e firmata dall'artista. Bella ediz. composta con carattere Bembo e impressa con torchio a mano da A. Zanella, in tirat. di 150 esempl. num. Il ns. è allo stato di nuovo.
1988Best.-Nr. 26070202Santa Cruz: Good Book Press 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of four copies miniature 9 pp. This lovely miniature book was issued in an edition of only four copies with the calligraphy done by ahd by Donna and with three watercolour illustrations. It is a version of Aesop's fable "The Hen and the Cat" with the moral being to be wise and shun the quack. Peter and Donna Thomas started their press in 1976; in 1988 three years after this book was published they changed the name of their press from the "Good Book Press" to their names. They are "one of very few presses where the proprietors write the text create the art for the illustrations make the paper handset the type print on a letterpress and bind the book" n.b. Bradbury p. 302. Scarce hardly suprising in an edition of four copies; none online as of this writing our search of OLCL located no copies with institutions. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter leather over marbled paper boards with gilt lettering on the spine title page in red and brown with coral decorative lines initial word of text in red with three watercolour illustrations the colophon also opens in red this no. 2 of four copies; miniature size 2 1/8" by 1 5/8" 6 pp. the final page the full-page watercolour 1 blank 1 colophon. ___CONDITION: Fine overall the boards clean straight corners with just a hint of rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a pencilled notation on the front pastedown likely from a prior bookseller. ___CITATION: Peter and Donna Thomas Bibliography no. B13. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. [Good Book Press] hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 26070202Santa Cruz: Good Book Press 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of four copies miniature 9 pp. This lovely miniature book was issued in an edition of only four copies with the calligraphy done by ahd by Donna and with three watercolour illustrations. It is a version of Aesop's fable "The Hen and the Cat" with the moral being to be wise and shun the quack. Peter and Donna Thomas started their press in 1976; in 1988 three years after this book was published they changed the name of their press from the "Good Book Press" to their names. They are "one of very few presses where the proprietors write the text create the art for the illustrations make the paper handset the type print on a letterpress and bind the book" n.b. Bradbury p. 302. Scarce hardly suprising in an edition of four copies; none online as of this writing our search of OLCL located no copies with institutions. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter leather over marbled paper boards with gilt lettering on the spine title page in red and brown with coral decorative lines initial word of text in red with three watercolour illustrations the colophon also opens in red this no. 2 of four copies; miniature size 2 1/8" by 1 5/8" 6 pp. the final page the full-page watercolour 1 blank 1 colophon. ___CONDITION: Fine overall the boards clean straight corners with just a hint of rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a pencilled notation on the front pastedown likely from a prior bookseller. ___CITATION: Peter and Donna Thomas Bibliography no. B13. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note the following: i additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs please inquire for details; and ii any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. [Good Book Press] hardcover books
1708Best.-Nr. ABC_47441A Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier 1708. Marbled half-morocco binding with gold tooling to spine five raised bands with title in gold second compartment. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece showing Aesop standing on a gallery holding an armillary sphere hunting horn and spear surrounded by a mixed crowd including children with a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying below 117 half-page engravings 65 x 8 cm for the 117 numbered Aesop fables initials endpieces. Two parts in one volume Rare and beautifully illustrated edition of 117 Aesop's fables in French each with an extensive discussion of the moral followed by a four-line verse by Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde. He adds French prose translations of further fables without illustrations: 18 numbered fables by the Renaissance Italian humanist poet and scholar Francesco Filelfo or Philelphus 1398-1481 translated from the Latin verse; 37 fables based on Aesop by Gabrias and Avienus translated from the Latin verse; two longer fables: the "Battle of the cats and the rats" and the "Battle of the rats and the frogs"; five Aesop "tales" taken from Plato's dialogue Protagoras; six numbered "poetical fables" with Olympian Gods as protagonists; and finally three more "tales" the first from Herodotus and the last from Gerbellius.Light wear to binding some pencil notes to endpaper and throughout repairs to title page not affecting the text. With en exlibris of Georges Jal.l STCN 334560683 1 copy Bodemann 97.1 Landwehr Emblem & fable books F062 WorldCat 42461403 3 copies. Chez Pierre Mortier, hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. ABC_45189Berlin 1767. 12mo. Gottlieb August Langius Contemporary vellum manuscript title on spine. With woodcut vignette on title-page and some woodcut head- and tailpieces. XVI 98 112 pp. "Seventh" edition of Phaedruss Latin verse translation and adaptation of 94 Aesop fables without the commentaries by Gude Rittershausen and others in the redaction by Pieter Burman 1668-1741 professor of eloquence and history at the Utrecht University which he first published in 1698. It includes the 34 fables added in the appendix of J.F. Nilants 1709 edition. Phaedrus wrote in the first century CE and went through dozens of editions but the present edition calls itself the seventh perhaps counting only editions of Burmans redaction of the five books. The first edition of the five books appeared at Troyes in 1596.With several contemporary owner's inscriptions and annotations and drawings throughout; modern stamps on the pastedown. Binding soiled and margins cut close tot the text but with practically no loss. A fair copy.l Schwabe & Barbier 1826 I p. 104. hardcover
1730Best.-Nr. ABC_45416Venice & Bassano: Jo. Antonius Remondinus 1730. Full calf 2-5 lines ruled in blind on both covers. 12mo. Title-page framed in double lines with woodcut printers device; some woodcut initials typographical head- and tail pieces and typographical borders also the 76 woodcuts ca. 42 x 55 mm. are all framed in a typographical border and are partly after Bernard Salomon partly after Nicolaus and Gerardus Jansen van Kampen. 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. Our edition is a reprint of the Brescia edition of 1623 Bodemann 64.1 with woodcuts after those in the 1623 edition but somewhat enlarged. Our copy is an undated variant of Bodemann 64.2: identical title and imprint etc. dated 1743 printing error for 1734. Most of the woodcuts not all! in our edition are less worn down than in the 1734 edition see nr. 36.With two 19th-cent. German ownerships entries on first fly-leaf. Some pages in the beginning slightly cropped some margins repaired. Spine slightly damaged.l Bodemann 64. 2 variant see also 64.1 & 31.1; not in Fabulae docet. Jo. Antonius Remondinus, unknown
1805Best.-Nr. ABC_45450Lyon: J. Ayné 1805. Half vellum over boards covered with marbled paper. spine with red title label lettered in gold green painted edges. 12mo. With a full-page woodcut portrait 100 x 68 mm. of Aesop woodcut vignette a fisherman on the titles and 225 woodcuts ca. 38 x 66 illustrating the 225 fables; woodcut head- and tailpieces. 2 parts in 1 volume. Augmented nicely illustrated re-edition of the editions of 1764 and 1787 printed by Richard Lallemant in Rouen Bodemann 113.1-2; see also the re-editions: nrs. 57 and 60. As in these editions also in our edition there are the 225 fables of Aesop in French prose with the quatrains by the French writer and dramaturge Isaac Benserade 1612-1691. All the fables are illustrated by a woodcut rather rudely after the series of Bernard Salomon and Marcus Gheeraerts. The Vie dEsop is not illustrated. Library stamp on first fly-leaf.l Cf. Bodemann 113.1-2. J. Ayné, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 119305A Paris, chez Tardieu Denesle, [sans date], deux parties en 1 volume in-4, 145 pages (1-16 (frontispice, page de titre, Vie d'Esope); 17-145 (Fables)), complet. Reliure XIXe, bradel plein papier moiré vert, dos long, titre doré sur pièce de cuir rouge, gardes marbrées. Reliure frottée, avec de petits manques de papier, des rousseurs, sinon bon état, fraîcheur des vignettes en taille-douce.
1987cofanetto cartonato formato 36X25,5 contenente un volume in brossura con sovraccoperta piegata a busta. Pagine 46 + una piegata contenente una acquaforte numerata e firmata da Paladino. Tiratura in 150 esemplari numerati e firmati su carta Hahnemule (103). Copia in perfetto stato di conservazione