Fables, Original and Selected; by the most Esteemed European and Oriental Authors
London: Willoughby and Co., 1842. First British edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXXIV, [2], 352pp. Contemporary 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Illustrated head-, tail chapters, and initials. Delightful work being an homage to the Fable genre, with text from..... More