Lot 297

[AESOP (d. 564 BCE)]. L’ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). F...

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[AESOP (d. 564 BCE)]. L?ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables, of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflexions. London: for R. Sare, et al, 1704. [Bound with:] Fables and Storyes Moralized Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop, and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: R. Sare, 1699. FOURTH EDITION of vol. I and FIRST EDITION of vol. II. ?This is the most extensive collection of fables in existence? (DNB) and one of the first collections of fables prepared specifically for children. The second volume is a continuation of the compilation of stories begun in the first section. In a handsome contemporary binding by a noted Oxford binder, having rolls and individual tools in common with the example shown in Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings, 122. Not in ESTC; Wing A708A; Muir, English Children?s Books, p. 24.