Folio in 4's (317x199mm) calf with 5 raised bands original gilt title label. Blind rules to bands and cover edges, with blind tooled corner ornaments (top of spine split to first band/one hinge split up from lower edge for 10cm/corners worn to roundness/some scratches and wear to leather). Frontis + titlepage +[8]pp preface +Aesop & animals plate + 28pp Life of Aesop +[8]pp +480pp (137-144 used twice & 307-318 left out but text & signatures continuous). Nice inscription "Eliza Jacob Her Book given me by Dear Mr Jacob Octo: ye 19th 1692", small Hamburg bookseller label at foot of rear pastedown. Occasional foxing/browning and a few signs of use but a neat copy. *These fables are from several sources not only Aesopian with the addition of reflections by Sir Roger which were politically slanted.