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Fables *=contributor or source; (...)=translation of title or work; [...]=relevant pages or chapter [These pages are under construction. Contributions are welcome and will be acknowledged. For details see here]
Abstemius, Laurentius Fabulae Venice: Johannes de Cereto di Tridino, 1449 Aesop ----------------------Esopi appologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum Bale: Jacob Wolff de Pforzheim, 1501 Aesopus & Brandt. In addition to a selection of Aesop's fables, there are 141 fables by Brandt, author of The Ship of Fools ----------------------Et Aliorum Faculae Venice: Remondini, 1675 ----------------------Fables of Aesop according to Sir Roger L'Estrange Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1931 ----------------------Fabulae Lyons: de Tournes, 1581 An exact repeat of the 1570 edition. 3rd ed. By de Tournes 61 plates, some attributed to Salomon. ----------------------Fabulae Cologne: Apvd Ioannem Tornaesium, 1619 ----------------------Fabularum Dilligen: J.C. Bencard, 1695 ----------------------Fabellae graece et latine Venice: Francesco Rampazetto, 1561 ----------------------The Fables (by John Ogilby) London: Andrew Cook, 1651 First edition of Ogilby translation ----------------------Vita Venice: Monteferrato, 1492 -----------------------Vita et Fabulae Naples: del Tuppo, 1485 Latin and Italian. Superb illustrations The preceding are just a personal representative selection of the vast number of editions of Aesop's Fables published during the Renaissance. For further information see http://www.mythfolklore.net/aesopica/ Alberti, L B Philodoxeos fabula Venice: Aldus, 1588 *L 38 Written in 1424 Alberti attributed it to the ancient writer Lepidus. He revealed his authorship in a second edition in 1434 -----------------------Fables diverses trad. en franc. Paris 1693 *G I 53 Anonymous XXV fabulen der dieren Delft: Adriaen Gerritsen, 1617 Flemish verse. Audin, De Termes Favole heroiche Bologna: Recaldini, 1681 Barrett, William Fables of Aesop emblematically illustrated with pictures Behn, Aphra et alia Aesop's Fables lllustrated London: Henry Hills, Jr., for Francis Barlow, 1687 110 etchings from 1666 with 31 new plates by Barlow Bidpai ----------------------Doni La Moral' Filosophia Tratta Da Gli Antichi Scrittori Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1552 First Italian edition of the Bidpai fables. ----------------------North The Morall Philosophie of Doni London: Henry Denham, 1570 Translation of Doni’s version of the Fables of Bidpai ----------------------Der alten Weisen Strasbourg: Frölich, 1539 Another edition Frankfurt: N. Basse, 1583 ---------------------- Il Filosopho indiano Venice: Locatelli, 1786 Based on the ancient Sanskrit collection of the Panchatantra, a canonical collection of Hindu and Buddhist animal fables in verse and prose which may date to the third century B.C.E. The fables reached Western Europe in the 13th century through a Hebrew version of an Arabic text. Widely translated into most European vernacular languages by the end of the sixteenth century. Boner, Ulrich Der Edelstein 1461. The first book printed in German. Containing 101 woodcuts printed by hand. Only one copy remains. Another edition 1464. de Capua, Johannes Directorium Humanae Vitae Strassburg: Joh. Prüss, 1498 Calder, Alexander (illustrator) Fables of Aesop According to Sir Roger L'Estrange Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1931 Corrozet, Gilles Les fables d’Esope Paris: D. Janet, 1542 (Fables of Aesop the Phrygian). 100 Fables, French Verse. 2nd edition 1583: 123 Fables. Cyril Speculum sapientie Beati Cirilli epi[scopi] Cologne: Koelhoff, c1476/7 de Dene, Edward De warahtighe fabulen der dieren Bruges: Peter de Clerck for Marcus Gheeraerts, 1567 107 fables, Flemish verse Deprez, P. Le theatre des animaux Paris: S. Douget, 1595 100 fables, French verse (later editions 1608 (?), 1613, 1644 pr. by J. le Clerc). Dryden, John Fables Ancient and Modern 1699 de Dusa, Jacobus Aesopus Moalisatus Vicenza, 1482 The present set of sixty-five fables are unique to three 15th century text-only editions -- Toscolano 1479 (Cambridge, Rylands), that offered here and Vicenza 1485 (Innsbruck). Faerno, Gabriel Fabulae Centum Rome: Vincentius Luchinus 1564 1563, 1564 and 1565 printings are identical first editions. Whitney used some of them in his A Choice of Emblemes. --------------------------Centum Fabulae ex Antiquis Auctoribus Delectae, et a Gabriele Faerno Cremonensi Carminibus Antwerp: Ex Officina Christoph. Plantini, M.D., 1573 16mo, old vellum; Occasional soiling and stains, a few marginal repairs causing slight loss to text or illustrations, several woodcuts ineptly accentuated with watercolors or ink, lacks last leaf (blank or with printer's device). First edition, Rome, 1563, with copperplate ill; these woodblocks are very worn. La Fontaine, Jean de Fables Choisies Paris: Denys Thierry, March 31, 1668 Another edition Paris: Barbin, 1668 Fossati, Giorgio Raccolta di Varie Favole Venice: Carlo Pecora, 1744 Freitag, Arnold Mythologia ethica Antwerp: Christopher Plantin for Philippe Galle, 1579 125 fables, Latin prose. Translated into English by Arthur Golding. See Golding. -----------------------Viridiarum moralisphilosophiae Cologne: George Muting, 1594 Latin prose. Piracy of Freitag, 115 etchings, 3 new. du Fresne, Raphael Trichet Fables diverses tirecs d'Esopc et d'autres Paris: Claude Cramoisy for Frederic Leonard, 1659 Etchings by Gilles Sadeler ------------------------Fables d'Esope avec les figures de Sadeler traduction nouvelle Paris: Laurent Rondet for Aubouyn, Emery and Clouzie, 1689 Sadeler's etchings. Another edition Paris: 1743 Garau, Francisco El Sabio Instuido de la naturaleza Barcelona: Figuero, 1702
First edition, 1727-1738. Haudent, Guillaume Trois cent soixante et six apologues Rouen: R. & J.de Gord, 1547 366 fables, French verse. Henryson, Robert The moral tales of Aesop 1570 Heyns, Peeter Esbatiment Moral, Des Animavx Antwerp: Gerard Smits for Philippe Galle, 1578 125 fables, French sonnets -----------------------Tresor de fables Brussels: G. Jacobs for Jan Lauwrijn Krafft, 1734 Reversed copies of Antwerp 1578 Heyns edition. Hyginus, Gaius Julius (2nd century AD) Fabularum Liber Bask: Hervagiana, 1570 Second edition Hervagiana, 1549 L'Estrange, Sir Roger, Kt. Fables of Aesop London: 1692 First L'Estrange edition Mainardo, Arlotto (1396-1483) Facetie: Fabule: Motti Venice 1532 la Motte, Houdart de Fables Nouvelles Paris: Dupois, 1719 ------------------------Asinus ad liram s.d. Nevelet, Isaac Nicholas Mythologica Aesopica 1610 Frankfurt: 1610 2nd Edition Beckenstein: Frankfurt, 1660 Much enlarged and richly illustrated.
Ogilvy, John The fables of Aesop paraphrased in verse and adorned with sculpturt and illustrated with annotations London: Thomas Warrcn for Andrew Crook, 1651 80 etchings by F. Cleyn. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste Fables Choisies, mis en vers par J. de la Fontaine Paris: Desaint, Saillant, and Durand de l'imprimerie de Jombert, 1755-1759 Palaephatus, ed. by Fasarini Opusculum de non credendis fabulosis narrationibus Bologna: Benedetto Faelli, 1515 Pasqualigo, Nicolo Favole Esopiane Milan: Destefanis, 1811 Seven Aesopic fables, each in a different metrical form. Only edition. Perret, Estienne (Steven) XXV Fables des animaux Delft: Adrien Gerards, 1618 Plates from Delft 1617. Another edition Antwerp: Plantin for Perret, 1578. French verse after Gheeraerts's 1567 etchings by Gilles Sadeler ------------------------Woudt van wondcrlicke sinne-fabulen der dieren Rotterdam: Isaac van Waesberge, 1632 Perret's version with Flemish translation by Adriaen van de Venne. Plates from Delft 1617.
1st illustrated Dutch edition Philpott, Thomas and Robert Codrington Aesop's Fables: with his life: in English, French and Latin London: William Godbid for Francis Barlow, 1666 Sala, Pierre Fables et emblemes en vers (Fables and Emblems in verse) In this latter work, most of the poems are summarized by a commonplace proverb . It is known that Sala used versions of the Fables of Romulus, the medieval version of Aesop as inspiration. Smyters, Anthony Esopus fabelen in rijm Rotterdam: J. van Waesberghe, 1612 122 fables, Dutch verse. der Thier, Gespracb Theatrum morum Prague: Paul Sesse, 1608 German verse. 139 etchings, 114 exact copies of Gheeraerts. Valla, Gellius, Erasmus et alia Aesopus Phrygian vita et fabulae Paris: H. Estienne, 1535 445 fables Latin prose Verdizotti, Cento Favole Morali 1671 -----------------------Cento Favole Bellissime Venice: Franceso Ginammi, 1661 Vondel, Joost van den Vorstelijcke warande der dieren Amsterdam: S. Wybrantsz, 1682 Another edition Amsterdam: P. Pers. Joost Vondel, 1617. 115 fables, Dutch verse (later editions 1681, 1717, 1720, 1786)
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Gay, John Fables by John Gay London: Darton & Harvey, 1739