FABLES.

Collection of various illustrated fables,

Collection of various illustrated fables, including:
1. LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE. Fables Choisies. Leiden: Luzac and Van Damme, 1784-1786. 6 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked. Corners bumped, browning and spotting.
2. AESOP. Fables d'Esope. Paris: Leprieur, 1806. 2 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf. Volume II cover detached, both rubbed, Volume I with one gathering loose.
3. BEWICK, THOMAS, and JOHN BEWICK, illustrators. Select Fables. Newcastle: Emerson Charnley, 1820. 8vo. Early 20th century half roan. Joints cracked, soiling to cover, browning and spotting.
4. TENNIEL, JOHN, illustrator. Aesop's Fables. London: John Murray: 1848. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, decorated in black and gilt, edges gilt. Light rubbing and soiling, scattered browning and foxing.
5. RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illustrator. Aesop's Fables. London: William Heinemann, 1919. Publisher's green trade cloth Rubbed, minor soiling and browning.