ÆSOP. A COMEDY. AS IT IS ACTED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE

London: printed for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1697. Hardcover. Quarto, [8], 50, 55-76 pages. Lacking pp. 51-54 and two final advertisement leaves. In Very Good minus condition. Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period-style brown calf. Spine tanned; edges of boards slightly rubbed. Archival repairs to first and last leaves. Headings partially trimmed on some pages. Lower margin of B2 torn away (only catchword lacking; text otherwise complete). Open test to lower margin of B3 near spine. Text block lightly age-toned. JR Consignment. Shelved in Room G. Anonymous; by John Vanbrugh. A translation and adaptation of "Les fables d'Esope" and "Esope à la cour" by Edme Boursualt. Partly in verse. A second part was published in the same year.

ESTC R7526; Wing V53; Woodward & McManaway, 1253. 1345641. Special Collections.