Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (trans.). TWENTY FOUR FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, AS RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BY SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, KNIGHT, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER THE ETCHINGS OF MARCUS GHEERAERTS THE ELDER. Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1928.

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Description: small 4to. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed by the Alcuin Press on handmade paper. Small dampstain on outer margin of first few pages. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase slightly cracked. Else a lovely copy in a lovely signed binding by A. Genova, Venezia (stamped on rear board). With 24 full-size reproductions of the Gheeraerts etchings of 1567. A stunning edition of Aesop's Fables. full brown leather, the front cover gilt with a rich design of crowned A's, with ornamental center and corners, gilt leather turn-ins, all edges gilt, crimson moire satin endpapers

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