Aesop's Fables. 1st Illustrated Stockdale Edition featuring 112 engravings! Title: Fables of Aesop, With a Life of the Author and Embellished with 112 Plates First edition of both volumes of the fables of John Gay (1685 1732, author of the Aesop's life in 6 scenes on 1 plate, 59 plates with 2 fable motifs each also in an It was Zierer's aim to embellish the copy and to upgrade it to one of the most 112. GR