Lot 1243
1243
FABLE BOOKS -- (VAN MALLERY, Karel. The fable of the father, his son and the ass. Antw., Ph. Galle, 1570-1612 ). 6 engr. plates by K. Van Mallery after A. Francken (image size 192 x 245 mm). 4°-obl. Mod. brds. (Margins ti-p. skilfully rep., a few o. small marg. rep., a bit browned/foxed).
Complete suite consisiting of a trilingual title and 5 plates illustrating a widely popular fable (Aesop), with moral "If you try to please all, you please none". With Latin French and Dutch captions. - Hollstein (Mallery) XI, p. 160, 125-28; Hollstein (Francken) VII, p. 8, 6-11.€ 300
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