[10], 244, 59, [1]; [6], 267, [1], 32 pp. Each part with copper-engraved frontispiece; Fables with 78 (of 81) copper-engraved plates; Aesopics with 64 copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 17.7x12 cm (7x4½"), period calf, spine tooled iin gilt, recased with repairs to spine and joints. Stated Third Edition. The rare first octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, handsomely printed and extensively illustrated. This copy lacking pages 181 through 188, and the three plates that accompanied the missing fables. OCLC/WorldCat locates only four copies of the Fables, and only one of those, at Western University in Canada, is bound with the Aesopics.
[10], 244, 59, [1]; [6], 267, [1], 32 pp. Each part with copper-engraved frontispiece; Fables with 78 (of 81) copper-engraved plates; Aesopics with 64 copper-engraved plates. (8vo) 17.7x12 cm (7x4½"), period calf, spine tooled iin gilt, recased with repairs to spine and joints. Stated Third Edition. The rare first octavo edition of Ogilby's Aesop, handsomely printed and extensively illustrated. This copy lacking pages 181 through 188, and the three plates that accompanied the missing fables. OCLC/WorldCat locates only four copies of the Fables, and only one of those, at Western University in Canada, is bound with the Aesopics.
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