Beschreibung:

Aesop. The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture, London: Thomas Roycroft, 1668, bound with Aesopics: Or a Second Collection of Fables,1668, titles printed in red & black, lacking frontispieces, Fables with 78 engraved plates (of 81), Aesopics with 60 engraved plates (of 68), these being the earliest state without captions, preliminaries of Fables (including title & first 5 plates) with loss affecting text & image, a couple of plates with closed marginal tears (repaired) affecting image, a handful of leaves with faint watermark, Aesopics with heavy damp-staining to a couple of leaves, some leaves with marginal repairs, spotting & light dust-soiling to both volumes, modern red half morocco over marbled boards, titles in gilt, folio (Qty: 2) Wing A697 & A698. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. One of the finest illustrated books of the 17th-century, Hollar's plates being some of his best.