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Aesop

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

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

    Aesop | Date: 1479
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    A stag with lowered head is meeting the charge of a mounted knight; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.

    Aesop. | Reference: 39694i
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    Fabulae in solutam orationem versae. By Aesopus

    Aesop | Date: 1515
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    Vita et Aesopus moralisatus [in latino e italiano]; tr. Accio Zucco

    Aesop | Date: 1497
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