21. Fables in Verse for the Improvement of the Young and the Old, by Abraham Aesop, to which are added Fables in Verse and Prose…by Woglog the great Giant, first edition , 38 woodcut illustrations, 7pp. advertisements at end, original Dutch floral boards, [Roscoe J7A (1)], 32mo, [John Newbery] , 1757.
est. £2000 – £3000
This popular title ran to ten different editions, for which Roscoe locates a total of eighteen copies. This is one of two listed as the first edition. The fables include "The Feast of the Birds", which is not unlike "The Butterfly's Ball" and its sequels.