Schellenberg,J.R.
Fables by Hagedorn, Gleim and Lichtwer. Winterthur, Steiner 1777. gr.8°. With gest. Front. and 20 copper plates by J.R. Schellenberg. 6 fol., 80 p. Bindery of the twentieth century with hand-lettered edges. (rubbed and somewhat damaged). Lanckoronska-Oehler II, 175. rümann 385. rare first edition. - Dedicated to Daniel Chodowiecki with a dedicatory letter reproduced in cursive (3 fol.). - Wide-margined ex. on Holland laid paper. The frontispiece with the youthful Aesop in the circle of some animals. - Partly slightly spotted, front endpaper with small marginal lack.
