Aesop Fables, of Aesop And other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals andReflections. By Sir Roger L'Estrange London: R. Sare, et al, 1692 Sir Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704), a Tory journalist and pamphleteer, was a prolific writer and translator, as well as being surveyor of printing presses and licenser of the press under Charles II and James II. His translation of Aesop was extremely popular; subsequent editions appeared in 1694, 1699, 1704, 1712, 1724, and in other editions down to the present day First L'Estrange Edition. Folio. Engraved portrait frontispiece of L'Estrange, and engraved plate of Aesop and his subjects. Contemporary calf, tooled in blind, rebacked, new endpapers, occasional light foxing, else near fine. Wing A706 Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 26227    inquire

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