
Title: Les Fables d'Ésope: Mises en Francois, avec le sens moral en quatre vers, & des figures à chaque fable, 1777
Author: Aesop; Isaac de Benserade
Publisher: A Rouen
Condition: Good
An extremely scarce late 18th century edition of the Fables of Aesop, translated into French, with the moral sense in four verses, & figures for each fable. Preceding the fables is a biography on the life of Aesop. There are over 225 charming woodcuts of a rustic fashion, with additional woodcuts to each chapter in Aesop’s biography.
Worldcat records no copies of this edition in libraries.
One volume in 12mo, (6)+C+314+(10) pages
This volume is in good shape, with rubbing and wear to the binding, with some leather lackings to the covers. There is foxing and staining throughout.