[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for R. Sare and others, 1704. Fourth edition.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$300
Sold for $375
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Lot Description
[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L'ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for R. Sare and others, 1704.
Folio (316 x 198 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate; title printed within double-rule border. (Some light spotting and soiling.) 20th-century calf-backed boards, spine gilt.
Fourth edition, first published in 1692, corrected and amended, and including "The Life of Aesop" in addition to fables of Poggius, Anianus, Abstemius, and Barlandus. ESTC N8014.
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