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Kelmscott Press.- Caxton (William, translator) The History of Reynard the Foxe, [one of 300 copies on Flower paper], printed in red and black with...

Aesop. Fables..., translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, number 153 of 595 copies on Auvergne hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 665, illust...

Bookbinding.- Fletcher (William Younger) English [& Foreign] Bookbindings in the British Museum, together 2 vol., each one of 500 copies, modern h...

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoseon, hoc est, transformationum, libri XV, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, two with partia...

Hyginus (Gaius Julius) Fabularum liber, collation: α4 a-y6 z8, Greek & Latin text, roman type, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and ill...

Ovidius Naso (Publius).- Beaumont (Francis) Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, number 373 of 380 copies, colour wood-engraved illustrations by John Buck...

Roxburghe Club.- Barker (Nicolas, editor) Two East Anglian Picture Books: A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmo...

Schultens (H.A., editor) Pars versionis arabicae libri Colailah wa Dimnah sive fabularum Bidpai philosophi Indi, first edition, printed in Arabic ...

Roxburghe Club.- Millar (Eric George, editor) A Thirteenth Century Bestiary in the Library of Alnwick Castle, limited edition, printed in red and ...

Aesop. Fabulae...., Greek & Latin text printed in double column, title with woodcut device, woodcut illustrations, title soiled, water-stained, ea...

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-v8, italic type, woodcut initials, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, traces of water-staining, title and...

Epiphanius of Salamis, Saint, Bishop of Constantia. Peri ton physiologon [graece]…Ad physiologum, collation: a-b4A-Q4R2, Greek & Latin text, woodc...

Krauss (Johann Ulrich) Heilige Augen-und Gemüths-Lust vorstellend alle Sonn-Fest-und Feyrtägliche nicht nur Evangelin sondern auch Epistelen und L...

Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat..., illustrations by Catherine Gebhard, some spotting, original pictorial gold foil boards, a little rubbed, 1937 § Pope (A...

Aesop. Les Fables..., woodcut portrait, title in red & black, woodcut illustrations, privilege leaf at end, one or two ink or rust spots, modern m...

Culpeper (Nicholas) Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal, edited by E.Sibly, 2 vol., engraved portrait and 42 botanical and anatomica...

Aesop. The Begynning of the Book of the Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Which Were Translated out of Frenssh in the Englysshe by William Caxt...

Dryden (John) Fables Ancient and Modern, engraved frontispiece by M. van der Gucht after P.L.Vergne, contemporary initials "R.D." to head of title...

Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, original pictorial cream boards printed in green, t.e.g., others uncut, with the scarce orange dust-ja...

Dorat (Claude Joseph) Fables Nouvelles, 2 vol. in 1, first issue with interlacing ornament to head of p.iii in vol.1, fine engraved frontispieces,...

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and plates by Simon & Coigny after Vivier (unnumbered), some light foxing, bookplate o...

Bewick (Thomas).- Kay (R.,) The New Preceptor, or, Young Lady's & Gentleman's True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue... By R.Kay, ...

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-t8u4, with final blank, italic type, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, some light soiling or bro...

Bewick (Thomas).- Aesop. The Fables of Aesop and others, one of 500 copies on Royal 8vo with signed "thumb-mark" receipt, Variant B with Philosoph...

Aesop. Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists, edited by R.Dodsley, engraved frontispiece and title-vignette, woodcut illustrations, attractive...

Bookbinding.- Hobson (Anthony) Apollo and Pegasus: An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library, Amsterdam, 1975; Humanist...

Vaenius (Otto) Emblemata Horatiana, text in Latin, German, French and Dutch, engraved additional pictorial title after G. Lairesse, title in red &...

Paper & Papermaking.- Churchill (W.A.) Watermarks in Paper...in the XVII and XVIII Centuries..., facsimile reprint, Nieuwkoop, 1990 § Briquet (C.M...

Phaedrus. Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V, edited by David Hoogstraten, engraved additional pictorial title, title in red & black with engraved devic...

Aesop. Les Fables et la Vie d'Ésope, [2 copies], woodcut portrait to verso of title and illustrations, the last signed Godard Grav à Alençon, one ...

Bookbinding.- Hobson (G.D.) English Binding before 1500, Cambridge, 1929; Thirty Bindings, one of 600 copies, 1926 § Nixon (Howard M.) English Res...

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Metamorphoseon libri XV, collation: a6 A-V8, with final blank, italic & roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, wo...

Haslewood (Joseph, editor) The Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, one of 98 copies, black letter, title with wood-engraved border of animals, with ...

Hassall (W.O.) The Holkham Bible Picture Book, original half crimson morocco over blind-stamped vellum boards, uncut, Dropmore Press, 1954 § Warne...

Gwasg Gregynog.- Aesop.- Parker (Agnes Miller) Wood Engravings from The Fables of Esope. The Story of a Remarkable Book, by Ian Rogerson, number 1...

Calligraphic manuscript.- Olympic Games.- XIV Olympiad London 1948, calligraphic manuscript, title and 21pp., title decorated in gold and green wa...

Aesop. Fables, translated by Sir Roger l'Estrange, Kt., number 385 of 525 copies on hand-made paper signed by the artist, original vellum  gilt, w...

Mansfield (Edgar, binder).- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Fables, black & white plates by E.R.Herman with captioned tissue guards, trimmed, bound in ve...

Capaccio (Giulio Cesare) Delle Imprese…, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: [para]4 a-g4 A-X4; 2A-3O4; 4A-4P4, roman type, titles with woodcu...

Bewick (Thomas).- Brown (Walter) Fables, printed on vellum, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and 27 illustrations, head- & tail-pieces b...

Butterworth (Edmund) New Sets of Copies in Alphabetical Order, Consisting Large Text, Round Text, Round Hand & Running Hand,  engraved title  & 19...

Milton (John) The Paradise Lost..., 24 mezzotint plates by John Martin, most with tissue guards, contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt, spine ...

Gregynog Press.- Bridges (Robert) Eros and Psyche: A Poem in XII Measures, one of 300 copies, printed in red and black, initials designed by Grail...

Newton (Francis) The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105, Cambridge, 1999 § Parkes (M.B.) The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble Colleg...

Aesop. Les Fables d'Esope, ornées de Cent Huit Figures d'après Barlow, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispiece and 107 plates, each fable print...

Gwasg Gregynog.- Aesop.- Parker (Agnes Miller) [Eleven Esope Engravings], 11 wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, on Japanese Gampi vellum pape...

Aesop. Fables, of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists, edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, first L'Estrange edition, engraved portrait of L'Estrange ...

Cats (Jacob) Houwelyck. Dat is De gantsche gelegentheyt des Echten staets, 6 parts in 1, first edition, 2 engraved additional pictorial titles and...

Bewick (Thomas).- Goldsmith (Oliver, attributed to) A Pretty Book of Pictures for Little Masters and Misses, or, Tommy Trip's History of Beasts an...

Reynard the Fox.- Arnold (Thomas James, translator) Reynard the Fox after the German Version of Goethe, engraved frontispiece, additional pictoria...

Wither (George) A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne..., 4 parts in 1, with initial 'Preposition to this frontispiece' leaf, engraved add...

Fossati (Giorgio) Raccolta di Varie Favole..., vol. 1, 2, 5 & 6 only (of 6) in 2, text in Italian & French printed in double column on thick paper...

Aesop. Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances, hand-coloured illustrations by Randolph Caldecott engraved by J.C.Cooper, 1883; The Fables......

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-z8A-C8, lacking final blank, title with woodcut printer’s device, text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, w...

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, in English & Latin, Interlineary..., [edited by John Locke], first Locke edition, 5 engraved plates containing 74 small num...

[Rollenhagen (G.)] Sinnreicher Froschmäuseler, vorstellend Der Frösche und Mäuse wunderbahre Hoffhaltung..., Gothic letter, 14 woodcut illustratio...

Landwehr (John) Emblem and Fable Books printed in the Low Countries 1542-1813: A Bibliography, third edition, original cloth, Utrecht, 1988 § Hodn...

Aesop. Fabellae graece et latine, collation: a-z8, roman & italic type, Greek & Latin text, woodcut printer’s device on title and verso of final l...

Printing & Typography.- Morison (Stanley) & Kenneth Day. The Typographic Book: A Study of Fine Typography through Five Centuries, modern half moro...

Aesop. Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists, first Baskerville edition, engraved frontispiece, vignettes and 14 plates only (of 15, lacking p...