[Rarebooks] FS: "...Fabularum Aesopiarum..." Amsterdam: 1701. w/18 copper plates

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Aesop. ...FABULARUM AESOPIARUM, LIBRI V. Notis Illustravit in Usum 
Serenissimi Principis Nasauii David Hoogstratanus. Accedunt Ejusdem Opera Duo 
Indices... Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae. 1701. Lg. 4to. 
(30),160,(84)pp. Indices. Title printed in red & black with an allegorical copper 
engraved vignette. Added copper engraved title. Illustrated with 18 copper 
engraved plates, each with six large emblematic fable medallions. Plus numerous 
copper engraved head and tail pieces and large pictorial initials. Early 20th 
c. full brown morocco, hinges & tips rubbed. A.e.g.     $750.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
This copy lacks the folding portrait of the Prince of Nassau. Cohen/de 
Ricci 797f ("tres belle edition, bien illustree"). Dibdin II, 280.

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