Fables of Aesop, according to Sir Roger L'Estrange [from the Edition of 1692].
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Fables of Aesop, according to Sir Roger L'Estrange [from the Edition of 1692]. With Fifty Drawings by Alexander Calder.

Publication details: Paris, Harrison of Paris,1931,

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The high point of the Press, exquisitely designed by Monroe Wheeler using the finest materials and with some of Calder's most celebrated illustration work.

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150/595 COPIES (from an edition of 680 copies) printed on Auvergne handmade paper, 50 line-drawings, some half-page, by Alexander Calder, pp. [v], 127, 4to, original pale blue-grey handmade paper over boards, the upper board lettered and with a design by Calder all in dark blue, a few faint spots overall, untrimmed, red cloth and board chemise with matching board slipcase, both with printed labels, the slipcase lacking top and a little rubbed with top left corner of label missing, without original paper knife, very good

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