Lot 322
Aesop, Select fables
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Auction schedule:
07-05-2025 / Lot 297-387 / session starting 9.30 AM
Aesop. Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley. London, Dodsley, 1781. (17,5:10,5 cm). Mit altkol. gest. Frontispiz, gest. Titelvignette u. 106 Textholzschnitten. LX, 228 S., 12 Bll. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch., etwas beschabt u. fleckig, Ecken bestoßen, Vordergelenk angebrochen.
Vgl. Lowndes I, 17 u. Graesse I, S. 36 (A. 1764). - "This is considered the best translation of Aesop" (Lowndes). - Gebräunt u. stellenw. fleckig, wenige S. mit kl. Randeinriss, Titel mit Farbfleck u. unten angeschnitten.