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Aesop. Fables with His Life: in English, French and Latin, engraved frontispiece, additional title, arms of the dedicatee, William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire and 31 plates by Thomas Dudley (including the "indecent" plate 17 with the offending section defaced by an early hand), 110 engraved illustrations by Francis Barlow, frontispiece and engraved title trimmed and laid down, both with some loss to image, foxing and browning, some soiling, several ff. with short tears to head and foot, some repaired, last f. with fore-margin frayed and repaired, later calf-backed boards with vellum tips, rebacked, covers rather rubbed and worn, [Wing A703], folio, H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, 1687.

⁂ With Aphra Behn's verses engraved with the illustrations.

Description

Aesop. Fables with His Life: in English, French and Latin, engraved frontispiece, additional title, arms of the dedicatee, William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire and 31 plates by Thomas Dudley (including the "indecent" plate 17 with the offending section defaced by an early hand), 110 engraved illustrations by Francis Barlow, frontispiece and engraved title trimmed and laid down, both with some loss to image, foxing and browning, some soiling, several ff. with short tears to head and foot, some repaired, last f. with fore-margin frayed and repaired, later calf-backed boards with vellum tips, rebacked, covers rather rubbed and worn, [Wing A703], folio, H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, 1687.

⁂ With Aphra Behn's verses engraved with the illustrations.

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