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Aesop Naturaliz'd: in a collection of fables and stories from Aesop, Locman, Pilpay, and others
(D. Midwinter and A. Ward/Ecco Print EditionsECCO Eighteenth Century Online Print Editions,, 1743)
This is a standard versified Aesop from the eighteenth century featuring some one-hundred-and-eighty fables. Because it lacks all illustration, it is not in Bodemann. The naturalized of the title refers, I believe, to ...
Ezopische Fabelen van Fedrus, gevryden Slaef des Keizers Augustus
(Steven van Esveldt boekverkoper in de Kalverstraat, her derde huis van de Roomsche Kerk de Papegaay,, 1769)
A wonderful book, in good shape for being 220 years old! Third edition of 1704 original, with new plates replacing those of van Vianen. Dedicated to the Princess of Nassau. 81-97 (with one picture-plate), 175-6, and ...
Favole Esopiane
(Giacinto de Bonis, 1777)
What a treasure! Nicely worm-eaten! Index on 154-6 of the 70-80 fables, many of which seem to be post-Aesopic. Nice short-lined Italian verse. I will have to see a professional book restorer about this little gem. The ...
Aesop's Fables. With Instructive Morals and Reflections Abstracted from all Party Considerations, Adapted To All Capacities; and design'd to promote Religion, Morality, and Universal Benevolence
(For T. & T. Longman, C. Hitch & L. Hawes, I. Hodges I. & I. Rivinton, G. Keith & R. DodsleyPrinted by S. Richardson for T.&T. Longman C. Hitch & L. Hawes, I. Hodges, I&I Rivinton [sic], G. Keith & R. Dodsley,, 1740)
I had been working with my York Richardson from Spivey in Kansas City, which I had suspected was a second and maybe even a secondary edition. See my comments there. Now I am delighted to get this book. Some bookseller ...
Aesop's Fables with Instructive Morals
(printed for T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1740)
I have changed the date on this edition after getting a copy of a London edition, for which I have guessed a date of 1761. This edition seems to be that which Ulrike Bodemann places as a second edition of 1753, at the ...
Esope En Belle Humeur, Ou Derniere Traduction Des ses Fables / Der Lustige und Anmuthige Aesopus
(Georg Olms Verlag, 1707)
This is a valuable reprint of one of the many books celebrating Aesop having fun. The frontispiece identifies Hunold as Menantes. The illustrations are only adequate. According to Bodemann, they are based upon Solis and ...
Select Fables of Aesop and Others
(Printed by and for T. Saint, 1784)
If this is what I hope it is, what a find! Only two things made me hesitate earlier to acknowledge this book as an original 1784 Bewick. First, Thomas (and John) Bewick are nowhere named. Second, I have a note from ...
Le Cento Favole di Gabbriello Faerno e Una Favola di Batista Mantovano, Tradotte in Versi Volgari da D Giovan-Grisostomo Trombelli
(Appresso Francesco Pitteri, 1736)
I am glad at last to have a copy of Faerno's fables, certainly one of the mainstays of the fable tradition. This edition, without illustrations, has Latin and Italian on facing pages. A sampling of the fables finds them ...
Les Fables d'Esope Phrygien, Avec Celles de Philelphe: Traduction Nouvelle, Vol. 1
(Chez Pierre Mortier, 1708)
Enrichie de Discours Moraux & Historique, & de Quatrains à la fin de chaque Discours. In fact, these moral discourses are a feature of this lovely little (4 x 6¼) book. The discourses can run to several pages of ruminations ...
Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae
(Typis H.S. Woodfall Impensis Societatis Stationariorum,, 1784)
This book has one of those long titles. It goes on Nunc demum ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium ab infinitis pene Mendis repurgatae, una cum nonnullis Variorum Auctorum Fabulis adjectis. Et Indice Correctiori praefixo. ...