AESOP. The Fables... with a Life of the Author. Translated by Samuel Croxall. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 volumes, large 8o. 2 engraved titles and 110 engraved plates by Skelton, Cooper, Grainger, Gyde, Champman and others after Barlow. (Some light toneing.) Late 19th-century morocco gilt, gilt edges, turn-ins stamp signed by Bayntun binder. First Stockdale edition, with engraved plates by thirty different engravers and four unsigned plates. -- GAY, John. Fables... With a Life of the Author. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 volumes, large8o. Engraved frontispiece, two engraved titles and 67 engraved plates including 12 by William Blake. (Some light toneing.) Late 19th-century morocco gilt, gilt edges, turn-ins stamp signed by Bayntun binder. Bentley 460; Ray, 1. (4)