Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Aesop's fables.
Alternate Title(s):
Aesop's fables. English. Selections.
Published / Created:
[S. l. : s. n., ca. 1750]
Physical Description:
24 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA3855 E5 1750
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.

Each fable is accompanied by a remark.

Bookseller suggests date of ca. 1750.
Contents:
A fox and a sick lion -- The stag and the vine -- The crane and the geese -- A trumpeter taken prisoner -- The husbandman and stork --The wasp and the partridges -- A daw and pigeons -- The fox and snake -- The cough and swallow -- A father and his sons -- The fox that had left his tail -- The fox and huntsmen -- The fox and bramble.
Subject Terms:
Fables, Greek -- Translations into English. | Fables, English -- Translations from Greek. | Aesop -- Translations into English. | Chapbooks, English -- Early works to 1800. | Woodcut -- Specimens -- [ca. 1750].
Contributors:
Aesop.