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	AESOP. Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1761. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], iv, lxiii [lxxiv blank], 130, [3], 133 - 175, 177 - 204, [28] pp. index, engraved frontispiece, 15 full-page engraved plates usually with 12 small engravings on each leaf, but with two leaves having fewer, 3 engraved vignettes, 3 engraved tail-pieces, 19th century marbled boards, leather label; upper corner of fore-margin of frontispiece (very slightly browned) repaired, P5 creased with fore-margin very slightly frayed. A modest copy. This edition of Aesop was edited and partially written by Robert Dodsley; published on 23 February 1761, it was an instant success. James E. Tierney, in his edition of Dodsley's correspondences notes that the Monthly Review called it "ingenious...elegant...and very useful...a classical performance." The Critical Review praised Dodsley as the "best prose-writer of apologues of this or any country." There are fables by Aesop, as well as more recent writers, not to mention ones by Dodsley and his friends, and Dodsley covered himself in glory with this publication. It was also printed by Baskerville in a larger and more elegant format (Gaskell 14). The work was reprinted several times in the 18th century. ESTC N21210 locates copies in O; CaOHM, CLU-S/C, CLU-C, GEU, MH-H, NcD; OOxM. There is also a copy in the Spencer Library, Kansas. Copies of the Baskerville printing are more common. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 5676 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	DRYDEN (JOHN): Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson..., 1700. FIRST EDITION. Folio, 327 x 185 mms., pp. [xlii], 646 [647 - 648 "The Table"], including half-title, contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked, black morocco label; covers repaired with new calf and corners restored, some staining to margins, but a good copy. This was Dryden's last major work. Of it, Dr. Johnson said, "Whatever subjects employed his pen he was still improving our measures and embellishing our language. In this volume are interspersed some short original poems, which, with his prologues, epilogues, and songs, may be comprised in Congreve's remark, that event hose, if he had written nothing else, would have entitled him to the praise of excellence in his kind." Johnson particularly singles out the great poem, "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day," as "exhibiting the highest flight of fancy and the exactest nicety of art. This is allowed to stand without a rival." Macdonald 37A. New Wing D 2278. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 5740 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	[MARRYAT (THOMAS)]: Sentimental Fables. Designed chiefly for the Use of the Ladies. London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G. Robins..., 1772. 8vo, 200 x 130 mms., pp. xii, 312, woodcut headpiece vignettes for each of the 48 fables, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary (?original) blue boards; no end-papers, boards a bit rubbed and joints slightly tender. Thomas Marryat (1730 - 1792) became a physician in his late twenties, having also been ordained a minister at Southwold in Suffolk, and having exhibited skills and abilities in a number of areas. He spent some time in America and returned in 1766. He maintained himself by quack medicine and writing, but this volume seems to have little that is "sentimental" in it. The work was first published in Belfast, and a third edition, with a dedication to Hannah More, appeared in 1791. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 6345 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	MOORE (EDWARD): Fables for the Female Sex. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for R. Francklin..., 1755. 8vo, pp. [vi], 173 [174 blank, 175 - 176 adverts], title-page in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 16 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments; spine slightly split, top and base of spine chipped, joints cracked, corners worn. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: 4287 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	PERRIN (JEAN BAPTISTE): Fables Amusantes, Avec Une Table Génerale & Particulière des Mots & de leur Significaiton en Anglois, Selon l'Ordre des Fables, Pour un rendre la Traduction plus facile à l'Ecolier. Cinquième Edition. A Londres: Chez B. Law..., T. Cadell..., P. Elmsly..., 1788. 12mo, pp. xvi, 220 [221 - 224 adverts], engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on first page of text, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules, morocco label, marbled boards; text very slightly fingered. The work is dedicated to the Prince of Wales, and the emblematic frontispiece pays tribute to him. Perrin published this work first in 1771 and there were a total of 13 editions in the 18th century. The fables are printed in French, followed by an index for each fable, explaining the words and their English equivalents. Alston XII, 471. ESTC locates only the copy at the BL of this edition. All the earlier are equally scarce. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 4014 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.

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	AESOP. Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1761. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], iv, lxiii [lxxiv blank], 130, [3], 133 - 175, 177 - 204, [28] pp. index, engraved frontispiece, 15 full-page engraved plates usually with 12 small engravings on each leaf, but with two leaves having fewer, 3 engraved vignettes, 3 engraved tail-pieces, 19th century marbled boards, leather label; upper corner of fore-margin of frontispiece (very slightly browned) repaired, P5 creased with fore-margin very slightly frayed. A modest copy. This edition of Aesop was edited and partially written by Robert Dodsley; published on 23 February 1761, it was an instant success. James E. Tierney, in his edition of Dodsley's correspondences notes that the Monthly Review called it "ingenious...elegant...and very useful...a classical performance." The Critical Review praised Dodsley as the "best prose-writer of apologues of this or any country." There are fables by Aesop, as well as more recent writers, not to mention ones by Dodsley and his friends, and Dodsley covered himself in glory with this publication. It was also printed by Baskerville in a larger and more elegant format (Gaskell 14). The work was reprinted several times in the 18th century. ESTC N21210 locates copies in O; CaOHM, CLU-S/C, CLU-C, GEU, MH-H, NcD; OOxM. There is also a copy in the Spencer Library, Kansas. Copies of the Baskerville printing are more common. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 5676 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	DRYDEN (JOHN): Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson..., 1700. FIRST EDITION. Folio, 327 x 185 mms., pp. [xlii], 646 [647 - 648 "The Table"], including half-title, contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked, black morocco label; covers repaired with new calf and corners restored, some staining to margins, but a good copy. This was Dryden's last major work. Of it, Dr. Johnson said, "Whatever subjects employed his pen he was still improving our measures and embellishing our language. In this volume are interspersed some short original poems, which, with his prologues, epilogues, and songs, may be comprised in Congreve's remark, that event hose, if he had written nothing else, would have entitled him to the praise of excellence in his kind." Johnson particularly singles out the great poem, "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day," as "exhibiting the highest flight of fancy and the exactest nicety of art. This is allowed to stand without a rival." Macdonald 37A. New Wing D 2278. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 549 US$ 822.2 \| JP¥ 72638] Book number: 5740 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	[MARRYAT (THOMAS)]: Sentimental Fables. Designed chiefly for the Use of the Ladies. London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G. Robins..., 1772. 8vo, 200 x 130 mms., pp. xii, 312, woodcut headpiece vignettes for each of the 48 fables, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary (?original) blue boards; no end-papers, boards a bit rubbed and joints slightly tender. Thomas Marryat (1730 - 1792) became a physician in his late twenties, having also been ordained a minister at Southwold in Suffolk, and having exhibited skills and abilities in a number of areas. He spent some time in America and returned in 1766. He maintained himself by quack medicine and writing, but this volume seems to have little that is "sentimental" in it. The work was first published in Belfast, and a third edition, with a dedication to Hannah More, appeared in 1791. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 6345 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	MOORE (EDWARD): Fables for the Female Sex. The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for R. Francklin..., 1755. 8vo, pp. [vi], 173 [174 blank, 175 - 176 adverts], title-page in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 16 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments; spine slightly split, top and base of spine chipped, joints cracked, corners worn. GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 \| JP¥ 13941] Book number: 4287 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	PERRIN (JEAN BAPTISTE): Fables Amusantes, Avec Une Table Génerale & Particulière des Mots & de leur Significaiton en Anglois, Selon l'Ordre des Fables, Pour un rendre la Traduction plus facile à l'Ecolier. Cinquième Edition. A Londres: Chez B. Law..., T. Cadell..., P. Elmsly..., 1788. 12mo, pp. xvi, 220 [221 - 224 adverts], engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on first page of text, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules, morocco label, marbled boards; text very slightly fingered. The work is dedicated to the Prince of Wales, and the emblematic frontispiece pays tribute to him. Perrin published this work first in 1771 and there were a total of 13 editions in the 18th century. The fables are printed in French, followed by an index for each fable, explaining the words and their English equivalents. Alston XII, 471. ESTC locates only the copy at the BL of this edition. All the earlier are equally scarce. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 4014 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.