Ancient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC)

Oeuvres completes de Jean de La Fontaine : avec des notes et une nouvelle notice sur sa vie / par M. C.-A. Walckenaer.

Bombario as Aesop mocks monkeys eating cabbage, who represent investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.

A peasant is carrying the nest of a nightingale, which is is sitting on a bush and is about to be swooped by a hawk; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching by W. Hollar.

A bear has overturned a beehive and is attacked by bees. Etching by J. Kirk after F.Barlow for a fable by Aesop.

A fox is pursued by two dogs while a cat escapes by climbing a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

An eagle, perched on the back of a hare, pecks at its neck while Jupiter sitting in the clouds, shakes what seems like eggs from his cloak; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

A wolf is sitting opposite a sow with its young under a tree while a boar and a wolf are fighting in the background; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

A lion dressed as a doctor is examining a horse's hoof; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

A fly is standing among ants swarming about the hollow base of a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

A wolf and a lamb are standing in a wooded landscape with a goat behind them. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

A fox is sitting underneath a tree on which a cockerel and two hens are sitting, while a stag hunt is taking place in the background. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.

A man covering his face with a cloak enters a house by the door and holds a half-loaf of bread to a dog that springs at him; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching by W. Hollar.

Men worship an ass bearing a religious image; alluding to both Aesop's fable of the ass and idol worship in Arianism and contemporary Catholicism. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

A fox and a weasel trying to leave a well-stocked larder; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley

Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano] (Tr. Accio Zucco)

A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

Fabulae in solutam orationem versae. By Aesopus

Vita et Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano]; tr. Accio Zucco

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Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley

Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano] (Tr. Accio Zucco)

A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

Fabulae in solutam orationem versae. By Aesopus

Vita et Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano]; tr. Accio Zucco

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Aesop

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Images by Aesop

Works from the collections

Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley

Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano] (Tr. Accio Zucco)

A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

Fabulae in solutam orationem versae. By Aesopus

Vita et Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano]; tr. Accio Zucco

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