Duodecimo half brown calf, green cloth boards (tips worn/spine rubbed of most of its gilt) x +[2] +111 pages. A few finger marks but nice neat and tight. *Written for his children by the printer, John Edward Taylor, in the preface he traces the origin of these fables from the Eastern Hindoo tradition rather than the Aesopic FABLE. There are 21 fables in this collection.