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Amsterdam: Antoins Michils, 1690. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. First Edition. 12mo. The very rare first edition; pp. [3-14), 15-360, [9]. Title page printed in red and black, preface, Esope in Belle Humeur (printed in red and black), La Vie D'Esope (The life of Aesop); Censure de L'Ordinaire. Numerous woodcut vignette illustrations in the text, plus head and tail pieces, the first vignette to the La Vie D'Esope page shows Aesop dancing between apes playing stringed instruments and in the background his murder is depicted. There is no frontispiece plate in this copy, but otherwise complete. Later (Victorian) full mottled sheep binding with burgundy title label to the spine; binding very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight; a little edge-wear to the title page, which has a small old paper repair to the base, a few pages with short edge-tears. A very good copy of the scarce first edition..