Meyer von Knonau, Ludwig. New Fables. Third enlarged and verb. Edition. With gest. Title vignette, etched frontispiece and 58 etched plates. Zurich, Orell and Comp, 1757. 8°. [22] ll., 170 p., [1] leaf. Somewhat later marbled paperback with spine label (capitals and joints with lacks in covers, edges and corners bumped, block slightly warped). VD18 10857516 (deviating collation) - Lanckoronska/Oehler II, 149 - Cat. Fabula docet 127th - First illustrated edition with the etchings by Daniel Düringer after the preparatory drawings of his father-in-law Ludwig Meyer von Knonau. "As his animal sketches, similar to the fables, are based on really experienced and observed they are of great naturalness and freshness." (L./Oe.). At the end an "Appendix of some poems": "The pig's knuckle." / "The Linden Court in Zurich." / "The Course of the World." - Somewhat foxing resp. dampstaining in the margins, occasionally also stronger, one etching with small holes in the image area, one text page with marginal tear and small loss of letters.