Signatures: pt. 1. [A]-C² D-Ee⁴ Ff²; pt. 2. [A]-D² E-Hh⁴ Ii²

Pt. 2, with special t.p., is first edition

Ill. engraved by W. Hollar, Dirck Stoop, F. Barlow and P. Lombart; engraved head-pieces and initials. Barlow's plates (pt. 2) are mostly unsigned, but cf. E. Hodnett, Francis Barlow (1978), p. 197-206. Ill. nos. 4, 5 and 80 (pt. 1) are repeated as nos. 32, 8 and 36 (pt. 2)

pt. 1. The fables of Aesop paraphras'd in verse -- pt. 2. Aesopic's. Androcleus. The Ephesian matron

CAI copy count is [145] leaves of plates. Ill. no. 4 (pt. 1) is repeated as no. [36] (pt. 2), no. 80 (pt. 1) is not repeated

Professor Held's notes on p. 2 of cover

Copy of a book dealer's notice and an invoice from a bookbinder removed and placed in envelope

Wing (2nd ed.)

Wing (2nd ed.)

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