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[FINE BINDINGS] AESOP les fables d'esope phrygien, avec celles de philelphe Copenhagen: Hertiers de Rothe et Proft, 1773. Small 8vo. Translated by Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde, abbe de Bellegarde. With engraved frontispiece, engraved plate illustrating the life of Aesop, 59 numbered leaves of plates illustrating the fables, vignette title-page, head and tail pieces. Contemporary full gilt paneled and armorial scarlet morocco, richly gilt spine, green morocco spine label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Lightly worn; internally clean and crisp. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down, call number in pencil on front paste-down and title-page. Provenance: The Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Alexander Weddell, Richmond, Virginia. Deaccessioned by The Virginia House Museum to benefit future preservation, acquisitions, and care of collections.