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Total number of records: 101

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Brotherton Collection26
English Literature21
Leeds Russian Archive6
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

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fables50
fables, french18
fables, latin13
fables, english8
fables, greek5
fables, russian5
french language5
french literature4
metamorphosis4
mythology, classical4

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Greece1
Sheffield (England)1

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Aesop26
Phaedrus10
Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D. Or 18 A.D)8
Publius Ovidus Naso8
Gay, John (1685-1732)6
La Fontaine, Jean De (1621-1695)6
Homer5
Krylov, Ivan Andreevich (1768-1844)5
Harvey, William4
Harvey, William (1796-1866)4

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Fables ancient and modern; translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1700

First edition. Error in paging: p. 272-359 omitted; the page following p. 646 is numbered 565. Half-title: Mr Dryden's fables. Contents on final two pages. p. 567-646 are not mentioned in the ...

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Fables ancient and modern; translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1700

First edition. Error in paging: p. 272-359 omitted; the page following p. 646 is numbered 565. Half-title: Mr Dryden's fables. Contents on final two pages. p. 567-646 are not mentioned in the ...

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Fables ancient and modern; translated into verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems

Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ovid; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Homer

1700

First edition. Error in paging: p. 272-359 omitted; the page following p. 646 is numbered 565. Half-title: Mr Dryden's fables. Contents on final two pages. p. 567-646 are not mentioned in the ...

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The Fables of Aesop, and others

Aesop; Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828); Johnson, Robert engraver

1818

"Designs" also by Robert Johnson.

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Cento favole bellissime : dei più illustri antichi, e moderni autori greci e latini

Verdizotti, Giovanni Mario (1525-1600)

1661

First published Venice, 1570, with title: Cento favole morali.

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Centum fabulæ ex antiquis auctoribus delectæ

Faerno, Gabriello (1561); Pope, Walter (1714); Antoniano, Silvio (1540-1603)

1672

In verse. Edited by Walter Pope; includes the preface of Silvio Antoniani in the 16th century editions.

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Centum fabulæ ex antiquis auctoribus delectæ

Faerno, Gabriello (1561); Antoniano, Silvio (1540-1603)

1682

In verse. Includes the preface of Silvio Antoniani.

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Fables, original and selected

Bussey, George Moir; Grandville, J J (1803-1847); Brévière, Louis Henri (1797-1869); Smith, Orrin (1799-1843)

1842

Engraved by L. Brévière, O. Smith and others.

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Sentimental fables : designed chiefly for the use of the ladies

Marryat, Thomas (1730-1792); Marriott, Thomas (1766)

1772

Sometimes attributed to Thomas Marriott.

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One hundred fables, original and selected (v.1)

Northcote, James (1746-1831); Harvey, William (1796-1866)

1833

Engravings by various artists after designs by Northcote and W. Harvey.

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One hundred fables, original and selected (v.2)

Northcote, James (1746-1831); Harvey, William (1796-1866)

1833

Engravings by various artists after designs by Northcote and W. Harvey.

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The fables of Phaedrus

Phaedrus; Nall, G H

1895

Publisher's advertisements on 2 p. at end.

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