Les Fables D'Ésope, mises en françois, avec le sens moral en quatre vers, & des figures à chaque fable.

Aesop

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Rouen: Richard Lallemant, 1771. Octavo. c, 314pp. A new edition, according to the title page, revised and expanded to include a lengthy, illustrated biography of Aesop by Planudes. With a large woodcut portrait of the author and numerous woodcuts throughout illustrating scenes from the fables. This version of Aesop's fables is intended for and dedicated to young people. Mended tears on a few pages and ownership inscription on front endpaper, else a very nice copy in speckled calf, richly gilt to spine. All edges red. (Item ID: 16529)