Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-v⁸, italic type, woodcut initials, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, traces of water-staining, title and a few leaves frayed or wormed at upper outer corner (repaired), final leaf with colophon laid down, modern half black morocco over boards, upper cover with title in ink, [Not in Adams], Lyons, J.Barbou, 1539; Fabellae graece et latine, collation: a-z⁸, roman & italic type, Greek & Latin text, woodcut printer’s device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, title with contemporary ink signature to head and small wormhole to margin repaired, damp-staining towards end, modern vellum over boards with geometric design in pen & ink, [Adams A282; VD16 ZV 132], Froben [Hier.Froben & Nic.Episcopius], 1534, both preserved in modern cloth drop-back boards, 8vo (2)

⁂ The first is a rare edition of the Latin edition of Aesop’s fables followed by those of Abstemius, the humanist scholar and librarian at Urbino whose fables first appeared in 1495 and are found in several editions of Aesop. In this issue the printer’s name does not appear on the title but on the colophon leaf at end.