Francisci-Josephi Desbillons Fabulae Aesopiae, Curis Posterioribus Omnes Fere Emendatae: Quibus Accesserunt Plus Quam CLXX Novae

Abstract

Here is a printed-on-demand copy of a book I happened to acquire at the same time in an original version. Welcome to the new world of publishing! This is a large-format paperback version of the sixth edition of Desbillons' Aesopic fables. As I wrote of my original sixth edition, I find it very hard to distinguish from the fifth edition of 1769. This particular paperback copy presents problems. The copy is missing xxxvi-xxxvii. 402-13 are repeated immediately; that is actually a good thing because 406 the first time is almost illegible. I notice that the Approbatio for this book is dated 1768, as is the approbatio in my copy of the original sixth edition. That is, the publisher did not seek a new approbatio for his new edition in 1778. That it is a new edition at all is questionable.