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1 AESOP. Æp's Fables: A new version, chiefly from original sources, by Thomas James. With more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. xxv, (3), 232pp. Over 100 woodengraved illus. by Leopold Martin after John Tenniel. Lrg. 8vo. Rose calf, gilt ruled, spine banded and gilt in compartments, marbled edges, silk marker. First Tenniel edition. Ex libris WHRJ (Jeudwine). London (John Murray), 1848.
2 AESOP. AEsop's Fables: A new version, chiefly from original sources, by Thomas James. With more than sixty illustrations, designed by John Tenniel. xx, [21]-208pp., (8)pp. publisher's advertisements. Over 60 illus. 12mo. Orig. dec. publisher's cloth, gilt. A.e.g. Philadelphia/New York (Geo. S. Appleton/ D. Appleton & Co.),1851.
3 AESOP. Aesop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger L'strange, Kt., with plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden. 312, (2)pp. 12 copper-engravings by Stephen Gooden, including title and tail-piece, and 198 large historiated engraved initials. 4to. Orig. full vellum, stamped in gold with double fillets, a fox in the center of the upper cover and grapes and vine-leaves in the angles of both covers. T.e.g. Slipcase. Editions limited to 525 numbered copies (this, no. 505, a review copy), signed by the artist. London (George S. Harrap & Co.), 1936.
4 AESOP. Aesop's Fables. A new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones, with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton and illustrations by Arthur Rackham. xxix, (1), 223, (1)pp., 13 color plates. 51 illus. Lrg. 8vo. Full read leather, gilt. A.e.g. London (William Heinemann), 1953.
5 AESOP. Aesop's Fables. Chiefly from original sources by Thomas James. With more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. 252pp. Over 100 illus. 12mo. Marbled boards, 3/4 calf. New York/London (G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press), n.d.
6 AESOP. Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources. By Thomas James. With more than one hundred illustrations designed by Tenniel and Wolf. New edition. xx, 148pp. Prof. illus. 8vo. Orig. publisher's green cloth, decorated in gilt. Library stamps. Philadelphia (J.B. Lippincott and Co.), 1869.
7 AESOP. Aesop's Fables with his Life: in English, French and Latin. Newly translated. Illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures. To this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life. By Francis Barlow. (10), 40, 40, 17, 2-221, (3)pp., 31 engraved plates. Engraved frontis., engraved coatof-arms, 1 full-page plate facing the English-language life, 110 half-page engraved illus. Signatures: [pi]1 (engraved) 2[pi]1, a2, BL2, 2B-L2, 3B-Ppp2. Sm. folio. Contemporary stained calf, gilt rules, fleurons in corners (rebacked with orig. spine laid down and preserved), red morocco labels.. One of the most important English illustrated books of any period. Latin life and version by Maximus Planudes; in this edition, the French version is by Jean Baudoin and the engraved English version is by Aphra Behn. Ex libris Thomas Baring, First Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy of India. London (H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow), 1687. Wing A703; Hofer: Baroque Book Illustration, 8; Hodnett: Francis Barlow, pp. 197-222; Brunet I, 102; Hoffmann I, 94
8 AESOP. Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae elegantissimis eiconibus veras animaliu species ad viuu adumbrantes.... 410, (6)pp. De Tourne’s device on the title-page, 61 woodcuts, the majority attributed to Bernard Salomon. Sm. 8vo. Brown calf, raised bands, gilt ruled, with the arms of Queen Elizabeth I in gilt in the centre on sides. A.e.g. Red morocco slipcase. Second de Tournes Greek and Latin edition, the first published 1551. Lyon (Jean de Tournes), 1570. Mortimer: French, 7; Brunet I, 85; Brun, p. 198
9 AESOP. Les fables d’Esope, & de plusieurs autres excellens mythologistes, accompagnées du sens moral & des reflexions. Traduites de l’Anglois. Avec les figures dessinées & gravées par F. Barlouw [sic]... lxxxiv, 222, (2)pp. 135 engraved and etched plates in text. Signatures: a-K4, l2, A-Z4, Aa-Ee4 (a1, frontispiece; Ee4, advertisement); page 121 incorrectly numbered 221; title in red and black. 4to. New leather. The first French edition of Aesop to use Barlow’s illustrations. Plate XLII, p. 83 printed upside down. Amsterdam (Au dépens d’Etienne Roger), 1714. Lewine 4; Brunet I, 96; Cohen-De Ricci 350; Hofer, Philip: Francis Barlow’s Aesop (Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. II#3, 1948), pp. 284-5
10 AESOP. Les fables d’Ésope, mises en françois.Avec le sens moral, en quatre vers, & des figures ・chaque fable. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée de la Vie d’Ésope, avec figures & quatrains de Benserade. Dédiée a la jeunesse. (8), c, 314, (10)pp. Frontis., 252 engraved illus. 8vo. Marbled boards, 3/4 calf. Rouen (Richard Lallemant), 1768.
11 AESOP. Les fables d’Ésope, mises en françois.Avec le sens moral en quatre vers, et les quatrains de Benserade. Nouvelle édition. 306 [i.e. 396]pp. 226 woodcut illus. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary red boards, 3/4 calf. Paris (Chez les Libraires Associés), 1803.
12 AESOP. Fables d’Ésope, représentées en figures avec les explications et les principaux traits de sa vie. Collection de 145 gravures piquantes et d’apologues ingénieux. Pour servir á l’éducation des enfans des deux sexes. Premiére partie [all published]. 145 plates, entirely engraved. Lrg. 4to.Contemporary marbled boards. Uncut. Plates 45 & 136 signed “Lefevre;” several plates signed “Lf;” plate 29 signed “Réville.” Most of the plates are copied after Francis Barlow. No copy in OCLC. Paris (Chez Tardieu Denesle), n.d.
13 AESOP. The Fables of Aesop, with a life of the author, and embellished with one hundred twelve plates. 2 vols. Engraved titlepage, lxv, (1)pp., (1)f. advertisement, 187, (1)pp.; engraved titlepage, xi, (1), 248pp. 110 engraved plates hors texte. 4to. 19th-century diced full red calf, elaborately gilt; inner dentelles. A.e.g. Ex libris W.A. Foyle. London (Printed for John Stockdale), 4th June 1793.
14 AESOP. The Fables of Aesop, with a life of the author, and embellished with one hundred twelve plates. 2 vols. Engraved title page, lxv, (1)pp., (1)f. advertisement, 187, (1)pp.; engraved titlepage, xi, (1), 248pp. 110 engraved plates hors texte. 4to. Full red straightgrain morocco, spine gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. A.e.g. London (Printed for John Stockdale), 4th June 1793.
15 AESOP. The Fables of Aesop, with a life of the author, and embellished with one hundred twelve plates. 2 vols. Engraved title-page, lxv, (1)pp., (1)f. advertisement, 187, (1)pp.; engraved title-page, xi, (1), 248pp. 110 engraved plates hors texte. 4to. Full black straightgrain morocco, finely gilt decorated and blindstamped;blindstamped inner dentelles; gauffered edges, gilt. Ex libris Samuel Paynter. London (Printed for John Stockdale), 4th June 1793.
16 AESOP. Fabulæ Æsopi Graecé & Latiné nunc denuo selectæ Eæ item, quas Avienus carmine expressit, accedit ranarum et murium pugna, Homero olim adscripta.... 158, (2)pp. 48 woodcut illus. (3 signed ”I.C.I.” Sm. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, title in gilt on front cover; gilt coat-of-arms on both sides. A reprint of the Leyden edition of 1632 with woodcuts copied after the originals by Christoffel van Sichem. Amstelodami (Apud Paulum Matthiæ), 1660.
17 AESOP. Fabulæ Æsopi Graecé & Latiné nunc denuo selectæ Eæ item, quas Avienus carmine expressit, accedit ranarum et murium pugna, Homero olim adscripta.... 134, (2)pp. 48 woodcut illus. (including title-page vignette). Signatures: A-H8, I4. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Trajecti ad Rheum [i.e. Utrecht] (Ex officina Vidu・Georgii á Poolsum), 1699.
18 AESOP. Fabulas de Esopo, filosofo moral, y de otros famosos autores. Corregidas de nuevo. 316, (4)pp. 194 woodcut illus. 8vo. Vellum. Barcelona (Imprenta y Libreria de Antonio Sierra), 1844.
19 AESOP. Les fables d’Esope phrygien. Illustrées de discours moraux, philosophiques, & politiques. Nouvelle édition. Augmentée de beaucoup en divers endroits. Avec des reflexions morales par J. Baudouin. (10), 86, 412, (8)pp. Engraved title, 147 copperplate illustrations attributed to Pieter van der Borcht; some are copies after Virgil Solis. Illustration on p. 56 printed upside down. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. The translation is in fact by Pierre de Boissat, not J. Baudouin. Bruxelles (Chez François Foppens), 1669. Landwehr F057
20 AESOP. Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In three books. (4), iv, lxiii, (1), 204, (28)pp., 15 engraved plates, most with 12 medallions each. 3 engraved vignettes, 3 engraved tailpieces. 8vo. Contemporary full calf (joints weak). London (Printed for R. and J. Dodsley), 1761.
21 AESOP. The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope. Translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by William Caxton at Westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde. mcccc.lxxxiij. viii, 167, (1)pp. Title-page illus. and six headpieces drawn, hand-colored and illuminated by Valenti Angelo, who also designed the initials which are printed throughout in red. 4to. Full red morocco, gilt title. Edition limited to 175 numbered copies, signed by the artist. San Francisco (Grabhorn Press), 1930.
22 AESOP. Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, as rendered into English by Sir Robert L脱strange, Knight, with illustrations after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder. (4), 52pp. 24 illus. 4to. Cloth. Glassine d.j. Slipcase. Edition limited to 50 numbered copies on handmade paper, printed by the Alcuin Press. London (Ernest Benn Limited), 1928.
23 AESOP. Vita di Esopo Frigio, prudente, e faceto favolatore, tradotta dal signor conte Giulio Landi. Alquale di nuouo sono aggiunte le favole del medesimo Esopo, con molte altre d'alcuni eleuati ingegni, ascendenti alla somma di 400. Hora in gratia della studiosa giovent・illustrate con l'interpretatione, e figure, & in questa ultima impressione diligentimente reviste, e corrette. 394, (14)pp. 123 woodcut illus. 12mo. Marbled boards, 3/4 calf. Venetia/Bassano (Gio. Antonio Remondini), n.d. [ca. 1680].
24 ALGER, ISRAEL. The Orthoepical Guide to the English Tongue, Being Perry’s Spelling-Book, revised and corrected, with Walker’s pronunciation precisely applied on a new scheme. Containing also, moral lessons, fables, and much useful matter for the instruction of youth. (Alger’s Perry.) 168pp. Wood-engraved frontis. and 12 wood-engraved illus. Sm. 8vo. Publisher’s blue boards, 1/4 sheep (chipped and somewhat worn). On pages 127-138 is a section of twelve fables, the only part of the book that is illustrated.Boston (Richardson and Lord), 1825.
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