first edition
1887 · London
by Aesop
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. 56; color illustrations throughout, decorative endpapers by the artist; original blue cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards by Crane, edges rather scuffed with boards occasionally exposed, textblock fine. Text based on W. J. Linton's manuscript "The Wisdom of Aesop." Osborne I, p. 2.
(Inventory #: 45215)