Fine Books and Manuscripts

Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.Small 8vo, full polished calf, nicely rebacked in full gilt. a.e.g. Illustrated with 16 full page engravings and numerous head- and tail-pieces. Minor paper repair to bottom of title page and frontispiece, and the final two leaves of index are lightly toned; previous owner's names on front endpaper: A. G. Richards and C. Butler, dated 1885.