1692 1st Edtn FABLES OF AESOP By Sir Robert L'Estrange Illus. Very Good Fables
1692 1st Edition ,
FABLES OF AESOP
and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections
By Sir Robert L'Estrange
Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as fanatics who misused contemporary popular anti-Catholic sentiment to attack the Restoration court and the existing social order in order to pursue their own political ends.
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the collapse of the Restoration political order heralded the end of L'Estrange's career in public life, although his greatest translation work, that of Aesop's Fables, saw publication in 1692.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 487
ISBN:
Over 500 fables. It was also hugely influential, with his own morals, a Life of Aesop, and fables added from Avianus, Abstemious, Poggio, and others, whose fables now often appear under Aesop's name. E'Estrange's of Aesop—hunchbacked and pot-bellied, and a writer in the midst of animals—is based on the description in Maximus Planudes' Life of Aesop (item 1.2).
Chapters
The Preface
An Alphabetical Table, Referring to the Number of the Respective Fables
The Life of Æsop
Chapter I: Of Æsop’s Countrey, Condition, and Person.
Chapter II: Æsop and his Fellow-slaves Upon their Journey to Ephesus.
Chapter III: The Sale of Æsop to Xanthus.
Chapter IV: Xanthus Presents Æsop to his Wife.
Chapter V: Æsop’s Answer to a Gard’ner.
Chapter VI: Æsop’s Invetion to bring his Mistress back to her Husband, after she had Left him.
Chapter VII: An Entertainment of Neates Tongues.
Chapter VIII: A Second Treat of Tongues.
Chapter IX: Æsop bring his Master a Guest That had no sort of Curiosity in him.
Chapter X: Æsop’s Answer to a Magistrate.
Chapter XI: Xanthus undertakes to Drink the Sea dry.
Chapter XII: Æsop Baffles the Superstition of Augury.
Chapter XIII: Æsop finds hidden Treasure.
Chapter XIV: Æsop Expounds upon an Augury, and is made Free.
Chapter XV: Æsop Presents himselfe before the King of Lydia.
Chapter XVI: Æsop Adopts Ennus. Ennus’s Ingratitude and Falseness, and Æsop’s Good Nature.
Chapter XVII: Æsop’s Letters of Morality to his Son Ennus.
Chapter XVIII: Æsop’s Voyage to Delphos; his Barbarous Usage There, and his Death.
The Fables of Æsop, &c.
Fable I: A Cock and a Diamond
Fable II: A Cat and a Cock
Fable III: A Wolf and a Lamb
Fable IV: A Frog and a Mouse
Fable V: A Lion and a Bear
Fable VI: A Dog and a Shadow
Fable VII: A Lion, an Ass, &c. a Hunting
Fable VIII: A Wolf and a Crane
Fable IX: A Countryman and a Snake
Fable X: A Lion and an Asse
Fable XI: A City Mouse and a Country Mouse
Fable XII: A Crow and a Muscle
Fable XIII: A Fox and a Raven
Fable XIV: An Old Lion
Fable XV: An Asse and a Whelp
Fable XVI: A Lion and a Mouse
Fable XVII: A Sick Kite and her Mother
Fable XVIII: A Swallow and other Birds
Fable XIX: The Frogs chuse a King
Fable XX: The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons
Fable XXI: A Dog and a Thief
Fable XXII: A Wolf and a Sow
Fable XXIII: A Mountain in Labour
Fable XXIV: An Asse and an Ungrateful Master
Fable XXV: An Old Dog and his Master
Fable XXVI: An Asse, an Ape and a Mole
Fable XXVII: The Hares and the Frogs
Fable XXVIII: A Wolf, Kid, and Goat
Fable XXVIX: A Dog, a Sheep, and a Wolf
Fable XXX: A Countryman and a Snake ...
The Fables of Barlandus, &c.
Fable CCII: A Lyon and a Frog ...
The Fables of Anianus, &c.
Fable CCXV: An Oak and a Willow
Fable CCCXXXIV: A Peacock and a Crane ...
The Fables of Abstemius, &c.
Fable CCLIII: Demades the Orator ...
The Fables of Poggius
Fable CCCLII: Industry and Sloth ...
Miscellany Fables
Fable CCCLXXIV: A Fox and a Cat
SKU: BTETM0001543
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg
1692 1st Edition ,
FABLES OF AESOP
and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections
By Sir Robert L'Estrange
Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as fanatics who misused contemporary popular anti-Catholic sentiment to attack the Restoration court and the existing social order in order to pursue their own political ends.
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the collapse of the Restoration political order heralded the end of L'Estrange's career in public life, although his greatest translation work, that of Aesop's Fables, saw publication in 1692.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 487
ISBN:
Over 500 fables. It was also hugely influential, with his own morals, a Life of Aesop, and fables added from Avianus, Abstemious, Poggio, and others, whose fables now often appear under Aesop's name. E'Estrange's of Aesop—hunchbacked and pot-bellied, and a writer in the midst of animals—is based on the description in Maximus Planudes' Life of Aesop (item 1.2).
Chapters
The Preface
An Alphabetical Table, Referring to the Number of the Respective Fables
The Life of Æsop
Chapter I: Of Æsop’s Countrey, Condition, and Person.
Chapter II: Æsop and his Fellow-slaves Upon their Journey to Ephesus.
Chapter III: The Sale of Æsop to Xanthus.
Chapter IV: Xanthus Presents Æsop to his Wife.
Chapter V: Æsop’s Answer to a Gard’ner.
Chapter VI: Æsop’s Invetion to bring his Mistress back to her Husband, after she had Left him.
Chapter VII: An Entertainment of Neates Tongues.
Chapter VIII: A Second Treat of Tongues.
Chapter IX: Æsop bring his Master a Guest That had no sort of Curiosity in him.
Chapter X: Æsop’s Answer to a Magistrate.
Chapter XI: Xanthus undertakes to Drink the Sea dry.
Chapter XII: Æsop Baffles the Superstition of Augury.
Chapter XIII: Æsop finds hidden Treasure.
Chapter XIV: Æsop Expounds upon an Augury, and is made Free.
Chapter XV: Æsop Presents himselfe before the King of Lydia.
Chapter XVI: Æsop Adopts Ennus. Ennus’s Ingratitude and Falseness, and Æsop’s Good Nature.
Chapter XVII: Æsop’s Letters of Morality to his Son Ennus.
Chapter XVIII: Æsop’s Voyage to Delphos; his Barbarous Usage There, and his Death.
The Fables of Æsop, &c.
Fable I: A Cock and a Diamond
Fable II: A Cat and a Cock
Fable III: A Wolf and a Lamb
Fable IV: A Frog and a Mouse
Fable V: A Lion and a Bear
Fable VI: A Dog and a Shadow
Fable VII: A Lion, an Ass, &c. a Hunting
Fable VIII: A Wolf and a Crane
Fable IX: A Countryman and a Snake
Fable X: A Lion and an Asse
Fable XI: A City Mouse and a Country Mouse
Fable XII: A Crow and a Muscle
Fable XIII: A Fox and a Raven
Fable XIV: An Old Lion
Fable XV: An Asse and a Whelp
Fable XVI: A Lion and a Mouse
Fable XVII: A Sick Kite and her Mother
Fable XVIII: A Swallow and other Birds
Fable XIX: The Frogs chuse a King
Fable XX: The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons
Fable XXI: A Dog and a Thief
Fable XXII: A Wolf and a Sow
Fable XXIII: A Mountain in Labour
Fable XXIV: An Asse and an Ungrateful Master
Fable XXV: An Old Dog and his Master
Fable XXVI: An Asse, an Ape and a Mole
Fable XXVII: The Hares and the Frogs
Fable XXVIII: A Wolf, Kid, and Goat
Fable XXVIX: A Dog, a Sheep, and a Wolf
Fable XXX: A Countryman and a Snake ...
The Fables of Barlandus, &c.
Fable CCII: A Lyon and a Frog ...
The Fables of Anianus, &c.
Fable CCXV: An Oak and a Willow
Fable CCCXXXIV: A Peacock and a Crane ...
The Fables of Abstemius, &c.
Fable CCLIII: Demades the Orator ...
The Fables of Poggius
Fable CCCLII: Industry and Sloth ...
Miscellany Fables
Fable CCCLXXIV: A Fox and a Cat
SKU: BTETM0001543
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg
1692 1st Edition ,
FABLES OF AESOP
and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections
By Sir Robert L'Estrange
Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as fanatics who misused contemporary popular anti-Catholic sentiment to attack the Restoration court and the existing social order in order to pursue their own political ends.
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the collapse of the Restoration political order heralded the end of L'Estrange's career in public life, although his greatest translation work, that of Aesop's Fables, saw publication in 1692.
Illustrated By: N/A
Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: R. Sare, T. Sawbridge, B. Took, London
folio (fo 12 × 19 305 × 483),Pages 487
ISBN:
Over 500 fables. It was also hugely influential, with his own morals, a Life of Aesop, and fables added from Avianus, Abstemious, Poggio, and others, whose fables now often appear under Aesop's name. E'Estrange's of Aesop—hunchbacked and pot-bellied, and a writer in the midst of animals—is based on the description in Maximus Planudes' Life of Aesop (item 1.2).
Chapters
The Preface
An Alphabetical Table, Referring to the Number of the Respective Fables
The Life of Æsop
Chapter I: Of Æsop’s Countrey, Condition, and Person.
Chapter II: Æsop and his Fellow-slaves Upon their Journey to Ephesus.
Chapter III: The Sale of Æsop to Xanthus.
Chapter IV: Xanthus Presents Æsop to his Wife.
Chapter V: Æsop’s Answer to a Gard’ner.
Chapter VI: Æsop’s Invetion to bring his Mistress back to her Husband, after she had Left him.
Chapter VII: An Entertainment of Neates Tongues.
Chapter VIII: A Second Treat of Tongues.
Chapter IX: Æsop bring his Master a Guest That had no sort of Curiosity in him.
Chapter X: Æsop’s Answer to a Magistrate.
Chapter XI: Xanthus undertakes to Drink the Sea dry.
Chapter XII: Æsop Baffles the Superstition of Augury.
Chapter XIII: Æsop finds hidden Treasure.
Chapter XIV: Æsop Expounds upon an Augury, and is made Free.
Chapter XV: Æsop Presents himselfe before the King of Lydia.
Chapter XVI: Æsop Adopts Ennus. Ennus’s Ingratitude and Falseness, and Æsop’s Good Nature.
Chapter XVII: Æsop’s Letters of Morality to his Son Ennus.
Chapter XVIII: Æsop’s Voyage to Delphos; his Barbarous Usage There, and his Death.
The Fables of Æsop, &c.
Fable I: A Cock and a Diamond
Fable II: A Cat and a Cock
Fable III: A Wolf and a Lamb
Fable IV: A Frog and a Mouse
Fable V: A Lion and a Bear
Fable VI: A Dog and a Shadow
Fable VII: A Lion, an Ass, &c. a Hunting
Fable VIII: A Wolf and a Crane
Fable IX: A Countryman and a Snake
Fable X: A Lion and an Asse
Fable XI: A City Mouse and a Country Mouse
Fable XII: A Crow and a Muscle
Fable XIII: A Fox and a Raven
Fable XIV: An Old Lion
Fable XV: An Asse and a Whelp
Fable XVI: A Lion and a Mouse
Fable XVII: A Sick Kite and her Mother
Fable XVIII: A Swallow and other Birds
Fable XIX: The Frogs chuse a King
Fable XX: The Kite, Hawk, and Pigeons
Fable XXI: A Dog and a Thief
Fable XXII: A Wolf and a Sow
Fable XXIII: A Mountain in Labour
Fable XXIV: An Asse and an Ungrateful Master
Fable XXV: An Old Dog and his Master
Fable XXVI: An Asse, an Ape and a Mole
Fable XXVII: The Hares and the Frogs
Fable XXVIII: A Wolf, Kid, and Goat
Fable XXVIX: A Dog, a Sheep, and a Wolf
Fable XXX: A Countryman and a Snake ...
The Fables of Barlandus, &c.
Fable CCII: A Lyon and a Frog ...
The Fables of Anianus, &c.
Fable CCXV: An Oak and a Willow
Fable CCCXXXIV: A Peacock and a Crane ...
The Fables of Abstemius, &c.
Fable CCLIII: Demades the Orator ...
The Fables of Poggius
Fable CCCLII: Industry and Sloth ...
Miscellany Fables
Fable CCCLXXIV: A Fox and a Cat
SKU: BTETM0001543
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg
Very good. Very Early English Translation, Scarсe. Complete. Illustration frontis present. Some Gothic Black Letter printing, portrait frontispiece that is in some other editions is not present in this edition, 1 etched and engraved plate, repaired title-page with chipped loss to lower-right margin, rebacked and relayed contemporary two-tone panelled calf, refreshed endpapers
