Les Fables d'Esope et de plusiers autres excellens mythologistes
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L'Estrange, Roger
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1714
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I have long wanted to add this book to the collection because of the 1666 Barlow that we already have. It is not clear to me if the plates used here were by Barlow or after his 1666 originals. In any case, the illustrations are again thrilling! They now include those for the life of Aesop, not in the 1666 edition but in that of 1687. The bookseller's notice indicates that the illustrations for the vita form "an unusually complete copy. Here with 27 plates as called for. All the copies at sold at auction in the last 40 years have been seriously incomplete being no more than 22 plates." The 102 in-text engravings are fewer than were published because several pages have been removed. Which pages becomes clear from the seller's account: "[4], v-lxxxiv, 1-60, 65-96, 99-118, 221-172, 175-208, 211-222, [2pp]." In terms of the book's leaves, that means that the following are missing: H3, H4, N1, P4, Y3, and Dd1. Page 121 is incorrectly numbered 221. 8" x 9.5". Bookplate to the front pastedown 'Steadfast, John Gretton, Stapleford'. Gretton was a British businessman and Conservative politician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games for sailing. Original calf binding. Ribbon marker detached but present. This book is another treasure!
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D'Etienne Roger
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