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Æsop at Tunbridge. Or, A few select fables in verse
No person of quality; Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
1698
Sometimes attributed to Edward Ward. In verse. Sigs. A-D4.
Æsop at the Bell-Tavern in Westminster, or, A present from the October-Club, in a few select fables from Sir Roger L'Estrange, done into English verse... [etc.]
Pittis, William (1674-1724); L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
1711
The October Club was a cabal of extreme Tories. Anonymous imitations of Aesop's fables, attributed to William Pittis by Foxon; also attributed to J. Swift.
The eagle and the robin : An apologue. Translated from the original of Æsop, written two thousand years since, and now rendred in familiar verse
H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop; Holdsworth, E (1684-1746); Bellamy, D (1687-)
1709
Preface signed: Horat. Gram. There is no evidence that this is a translation from Aesop. On the Duke of Marlborough and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. "Taffey's triumph" is Daniel Bellamy the el...
The fables of Aesop : with the moral reflections of Monsieur Baudoin. Translated from the French. To which is prefix'd by another hand; the true life of Aesop, by the most learned and noble critick Monsieur de Meziriac... [etc.]
Aesop; Bachet, Claude Gaspar sieur de Méziriac (1581-1638); Boissat, Pierre de (1603-1662); Toland, John (1670-1722)
1704
The "moral reflections" are by Pierre de Boissat. With 2 page booksellers' list at end.
Mythologia ethica: or, three centuries of Æsopian fables. In English prose. Done from Æsop, Phædrus, Camerarius, and all other eminent authors on this subject. Illustrated with moral, philosophical, and political precepts. Also with aphorisms and proverbs in several languages. And adorned with many curious sculptures, cut on copper plates
Aesop; Phaedrus; Camerarius, Joachim (1500-1574); Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)
1689
With an additional title page, engraved, "Three centurys of Æsopian fables". Title page in red and black. The license date is 27th September, 1688. With engravings in the text. With one-page ...
Æsop at Epsom, or, A few select fables in verse
1698
Anon. With first and last leaves blank. Sig. A3 signed A2 in error.
Æsop's Fables, in English & Latin, interlineary. For the benefit of those who not having a master, would learn either of these tongues
Aesop; Locke, John (1632-1704)
1723
The Table is bound in the preliminaries; it is signed Y, but the catchword on p.[14] leads to the text.
Æsop's Fables, in English & Latin, interlineary : for the benefit of those who not having a master, would learn either of these tongues. With sculptures
Aesop; Locke, John (1632-1704)
1703
Edited by John Locke.
The eagle and the robin : An apologue
H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop
[1709]
The preface signed: Horat Gram; sometimes ascribed to William King - Horat Gram presumably standing for Horace the schoolmaster. There is no evidence that it is translated from Aesop. A piracy (Foxon)...
Æsop in select fables : Viz. I. At Tunbridge. II. At Bathe. III. At Epsom. IV. At Whitehall. V. From Tunbridge. VI. At Amsterdam. With a dialogue between Bow-steeple dragon, and the Exchange grashoper
1698
A collection of satirical works, not in fact by Æsop. Each part has separate divisional title page and pagination; register is continuous. The six fables were also published separately in the same ...
Æsop return'd from Tunbridge: or, Æsop out of his wits : In a few select fables, in verse
[1698]
In verse. The last leaf is blank.