Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, Selected and Translated into English Verse with a preface and notes, in 2 volumes, complete ’ The contests between rival

’  The contests between rival factions in the sea are amusingly drawn in the lines relating to the Lobster

numerous woodcuts by Thomas Bewick

contemporary red marbled endpapers

1 engraved plain plate of fossil reptiles (all plates have tissue guards and are after paintings and drawings by Paul Oudart)

Switzerland Date Published 1993 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description Small bump to one outer corner

Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, Selected and Translated into English Verse with a preface and notes, in 2 volumes, complete ’ The contests between rivalPp. xxxvii, (4), B2, 4 280; (6), B2, 4 340; with 52 woodcut vignettes in the text by John and Thomas Bewick, Charlton Nesbit, and Luke Clennell. Publishers original black morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other compartments, front and rear covers with gilt border decorations, decorated board edges and gilt turns, marbled endpapers, all page edges in