Aesop. Vita & fabulae [graece], collation: a-l⁴, title in Greek & Latin with large printer's woodcut device, Greek text, woodcut initials, title lightly soiled, some spotting and water-staining, early nineteenth century manuscript note of acquisition to front free endpaper with portion (?signature) cut away, engraved bookplate of Rev. Edmund Maturin, handsome eighteenth century tree calf with gilt Greek key roll border, spine gilt with floral ornament in compartments and red morocco label, a little rubbed, slight fading to lower cover, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, [Adams A277; Schreiber, Estienne 89], 4to (236 x 160mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1546.

⁂ Rare edition, printed in Garamond's 'grecs du Roi' type.

"A very rare and textually very important edition of Aesop ... from an ancient manuscript in the Royal Library...This edition remained the basis for all others until 1610, and both its rarity and beauty are universally acknowledged." (Schreiber)