Aesop. Ezopovy Basni s russkim perevodom dlia nastavleniia iunoshestva; Fables d'Ésope pour l'Instruction de la Jeunesse, translated by P.I.Petrov, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, title and text in Russian & French, 46 engraved plates only (of 50, each with 2 images), title with edition erased causing wear and mounted on stub, following leaf soiled and frayed at head with loss of a few letters (repaired), some light soiling, one or two minor marginal repairs, modern crimson morocco-backed speckled boards, Moscow, August Semen, 1824; Die Fabeln...Fables...Favole...Fabulae..., 2 vol., text in German, French, Italian & Latin, engraved frontispieces, titles & plates, modern half tan morocco, Vienna, 1806-07; Les Fables..., modern tan morocco-backed marbled boards, label to upper cover, Philadelphia, 1823; Les Fables, translated by de Bellegarde, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, engraved plates, most with 2 images, lightly browned, modern green morocco-backed boards with design to upper cover, Copenhagen, C.G.Proft, 1784, all preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes, 8vo (5)
⁂ The Russian translation was first published in 1812, with a third edition in 1830, by a journalist and former editor of The Magic Lantern who published several other children's books. All editions are rare.
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