Amsterdam: Etienne Roger, 1714. Octavo. lxxxiv, 222, (ii)pp. First French edition of Barlow's engravings for both the introductory biography of Aesop and the fables. The 136 total illustrations richly depict classical, natural, and dramatic scenes, balancing the mythological and the realistic in order to convey the allegorical value both of..... More
London: David Nutt, 1889. Two small octavo volumes. xx, 283; (v), 322pp. One of 550 copies. Frontispiece engravings preface both volumes, the first of which discusses the history of Aesop's Fables, and the latter of which contains the text, after William Caxton's edition of 1483. Both bound in plain wrappers..... More
NY: Viking Press, 1933. First edition. Inscribed by the illustrator, Boris Artzybasheff, to Dorothy Lathrop. Twenty of Artzybasheff's inventive, cartoonish wood engravings illustrate ninety of Aesop's famed fables. Artzybasheff's work, both in book illustration and commerical art, adopted the graphic and the grotesque, imbuing humanity, both in implicit emotion and..... More
London: Heinemann, 1912. Quarto. xxx, 224pp. One of 1450 copies, signed by the artist, Arthur Rackham. Contains thirteen color plates tipped-in on brown paper, and 53 illustrations in black & white. Translated by V.S. Vernon Jones, with an Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Bound in tan paper-covered boards backed with dark..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1990. 16mo. (18)pp. frenchfold. One of fifty copies. A happy collection of Aesop's amphibiously focused tales, each printed in black with title in green by Peter Thomas, and faced with a line drawing by Donna Thomas. A paper frog silhouette precedes the limitation..... More
Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 1997. Slim octavo. (18)ff. One of 70 copies, signed by Regina Szász, who designed, illustrated, and bound the book. A charming, bilingual edition, printed in brown and black on colored papers, with a fold-out illustration for each fable. The Italian text is printed in such a way..... More
London: Scolar Press, 1976. Quarto. (4), cxlii ff. One of 500 copies. A facsimile of William Caxton's translation and publication of Aesop's Fables, produced in 1484. Introduction by Edward Hodnett. Fine in full burlap with leather spine label. More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Small quarto. v, (i), 94, 1pp. A collection of Aesop's much-celebrated and much-cited fables, some illustrated with bold wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes. In keeping with the Golden Cockerel Press's tradition of creating limited editions of classic masterworks, this representation was reprinted from Sir..... More
Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1931. Quarto. (iii), 146pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated with thirty-seven wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and wood-engraved initials by William McCance, her husband. This title was Parker's first collaboration with the Press. Together with Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton, Parker helped to usher in a...... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1974. xvii, 40pp. One of 250 copies. The Caxton translation of 1484 is used, and eight of Caxton's original woodcuts of that edition are reproduced here. With a preface on Caxton and his work. Fine in orange cloth boards printed with Caxton's insignia. (2 3/8 by..... More
Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1965. xvi, 50pp. One of 375 copies. A collection of Aesop's fables with engraved illustrations of the original woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. A fine copy in blue cloth with a yellow illustrated dust wrapper, which is signifiantly torn at the rear side. (Bradbury, p. 94). (2..... More
Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1965. xvi, 50pp. One of 375 copies. A collection of Aesop's fables with engraved illustrations of the original woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. A fine copy in blue cloth with a yellow illustrated dust wrapper. (Bradbury, p. 94). (2 1/4 by 2; 59x51mm). More
(Santa Cruz, CA): Just For Fun Press, 1993. (9)pp. One of 150 copies. A family production from Peter and Donna Thomas, as well as their two daughters, Tanya and Suzanne, who both signed the colophon. Peter and Tanya contributed the retelling of this tale of selflessness and integrity, while Donna..... More
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1978. 51pp. One of 300 copies, signed and numbered by Jane Bernier, the printer. With the text of seven fables, five of which include hand-colored illustrations. Bound in gilt-stamped blue cloth. Gilt shows a bit of tarnishing, faint rubbing to corners, else near fine. Bookplate of..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1974. xvii, 40pp. One of 250 copies. The Caxton translation of 1484 is used, and eight of Caxton's original woodcuts of that edition are reproduced here. With a Preface on Caxton and his work. Fine in orange cloth boards printed with Caxton's insignia. (2 3/8 by..... More
(Essen): Hans Gerd Goldschmidt, 1979. 124pp. One of 500 copies. A selection of fables, rendered in German and illustrated with eight woodcuts. Bound in gilt-stamped brown leather with a printed dust wrapper and paper slipcase. Very fine. (2 1/4 by 1 5/8; 57x41mm). More
Jamaica: Minia Press, 1943. (120)pp. Liberally illustrated with Charles Bennett's nineteenth-century style drawings. Faint rubbing to corners and slight bend to lower board, else near fine in blue leatherette with a turtle stamped in gold. (2 by 1 5/8; 50x42mm). More
London: Tilt & Bogue, (c. 1835). 191pp. Contains forty-eight wood engravings illustrating Aesop's fables, including two portraits of Aesop himself. Bondy writes of the Tilt's Handbooks series "their apparently everlasting popularity has resulted in making it increasingly difficult to find complete copies of these pleasing little volumes." Bound in full..... More
London: Tilt & Bogue, (c. 1835). 191pp. Contains forty-eight wood engravings illustrating Aesop's fables, including two portraits of Aesop himself. Bondy writes of Tilt's Handbooks series: "their apparently everlasting popularity has resulted in making it increasingly difficult to find complete copies of these pleasing little volumes." Bound in half mottled..... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1973. Two octavo volumes. 278; 120pp. One of 160 copies on handmade paper. Volume One contains the text from the Veronese Edition of 1479, printed by Giovanni Alvise. The Fables are in Latin verse, followed by the Italian of Accio Zucco. The 68 beautiful woodcuts are newly..... More
London: Stockdale, John, 1793. Four quarto volumes. xi, 225; vii, 188; lxv, 189 (misnumbered 891); xi, 228pp. First editions, first issues, of both sets, printed with the long "s." The Gay volumes are illustrated with an engraved title page and engravings by various artists, including William Blake, who freely adapted..... More
