8vo (151 x 95 mm). Title printed within woodcut border with hand-coloring, 17 woodcut decorative initials. (Abrasion with minor loss to border on title, some browning or staining.) Later half calf gilt, marbled boards, edges stained red (some overall wear). Provenance: Unidentified inscription on title-page; F. J. Pith? (early signature, annotations); unidentified stamp; Crosby Gaige (1883-1949) (bookplate).

A rare 16th-century edition of Aesop's Fables, printed in Greek and Latin, here printed with an index. Also included, are Homer, Ranarum & Murium Pugna (24pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Musaeus, Deero et Leandro (26pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Agapeto, Exposito Capitum Damonitoriorum.... (44pp. printed in Greek and Latin); Hipp. Ivsivrandum (4pp.); and 17pp. in Greek. From the collection of Broadway producer Crosby Gaige. Brunet II 99.

[Bound with:] CLENARDUS, Nicolaus. Institutiones absolutissimae in Graecam linguam. Cologne: Martinus Gymnicus, 1546. Text in Greek and Latin. Copies of either work are exceedingly scarce on the market at auction.