The fables of Aesop by William Caxton (Jacobs)/Vol. I

by Joseph Jacobs

The Fables

of Aesop

The Fables of Aesop.

I.

From the Bayeux Tapestry.

 

The Fables of Aesop

as first printed by William Caxton in 1484

with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio,

now again edited and induced

by Joseph Jacobs,

I.

History of the Æsopic Fable.

❦

London. Published by David Nutt in
the Strand, M.D.CCCLXXXIX.

TO

MY BROTHERS

SYDNEY, EDWIN, LOUIS

TO WHOM I OWE

ALL

Contents (not listed in original)

• Esop
• Preface
• Pedigree of Caxton's Aesop
• History of The Æsopic Fable

1. The Mediæval Æsop
2. Æsop in Antiquity
3. The Oriental Æsop
4. Æsop in England
5. Fabliau, Facetiæ, Fable

• Appendix
• Index of Fables
• Synopsis of Parallels
• Index