Caxton, Aesop, 1484 (fol. 38r)

This version of Aesop’s Fables is the first ever to have been printed in English. Caxton translated from Julien Macho’s 1482 French edition and replicated Jehan Rousset’s woodcuts from that edition as well.

This version of Aesop’s Fables is the first ever to have been printed in English. Caxton translated from Julien Macho's 1482 French edition and replicated Jehan Rousset's woodcuts from that edition as well.

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Aesop, William Caxton (trans.), Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and Fables of Esope. London: William Caxton, 1484. (fol. 38r)

British Library, C.11.c.17 (public domain)

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