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Esope en belle humeur ou l'elite de ses fables enrichies de figures/Esopus bey der Lust
(Johann Christoph Kißner, 1729)
"Here is a second copy of this book, bound in a different order and lacking several of the pages in my better copy. Because it is different, I will keep it in the collection. First, what did I write about the original ...
Poems, Fables, and Plays by Edward Moore
(R. and J. Dodsley/Reprint: Gregg International Publishers, 1756)
This is a photographic reproduction of a collection of works by Moore. Among them we find the same fifteen fables--and in the same order--as in my 1744 edition by R. Francklin. See my comments there. This is a sturdy ...
Fables Choisies, mises en vers par M de la Fontaine
(Aux dépens des Libraires associés, 1790)
This long-lived little volume comes as a gift from old collector friends. It includes the first seven books of La Fontaine's fables in addition to the usual introductory material. It is very close, for these seven books, ...
Francisci-Josephi Desbillons Fabulae Aesopiae, Curis Posterioribus Omnes Fere Emendatae: Quibus Accesserunt Plus Quam CLXX Novae
(J. Barbou/Nabu ReprintsNabu Public Domain Reprints, 1778)
Here is a printed-on-demand copy of a book I happened to acquire at the same time in an original version. Welcome to the new world of publishing! This is a large-format paperback version of the sixth edition of Desbillons' ...
Fables by the late Mr Gay. In two volumes
(Printed for Alexander McKenzie, 1755)
This little book of 192 pages, about 4 x 6½, has leather covers -- the front cover is separated -- and marbled endpapers. There is a 1922 owner's signature on the front endpaper. Light pencil marks in the text highlight ...
Aisopou Mythoi/Fabulae Aesopicae Graecae Quae Maximo Planudi Tribuuntur
(Apud Io. Georg. Ernst. Wittekindt, 1776)
The full title reads this way: Aisopou mythoi Fabulae Aesopicae Graecae quae Maximo Planudi tribuuntur ad veterum librorum fidem emendatas Ioannis Hudsonis suisque adnotationibus illustratas atque indice verborum locupletissimo ...
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books
(J. Dodsley, 1767)
I feel as though I have been through this history before but have forgotten too much of it! Here is a 1767 Dodsley in good condition except for its separated front cover. It was published by J. Dodsley in Pall-mall in ...
One tile, The Fox and the Stork, English Liverpool printed delftware tile by John Sadler
(1760)
Transfer of printed design in black. "88" border. For some reason I find the image slightly hard to read. The stork has his beak in a big demijohn bottle. The fox on hind legs looks almost horse-like! Notice the shadow ...
Aesopi Phrygis et Aliorum Fabulae
(Dominici LouisaeSumptibus Dominici Lovisae, 1780)
This little book belongs with three others in the collection, all with the same title and all by different publishers. They are listed under 1757? and 1777 and 1781. The publishers are Johannis Antonii Remondini in ...
Versuch in poetischen Fabeln und Erzehlungen
(verlegts Conrad König, 1738)
Here is a lovely first edition that I found at one of the first bookstores I tried on this trip to Berlin. It contains seventy-one verse fables, taken particularly from Burkhard Waldis, La Fontaine, and French fabulists ...