Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, Selected and Translated into English Verse with a preface and notes, in 2 volumes, complete 1 engraved plain plate of

1 engraved plain plate of fossil reptiles (all plates have tissue guards and are after paintings and drawings by Paul Oudart)

No other ownership marks and no signs of use

Walson worked in the late 19th century on mollusks discovered on the Challenger Expedition

sea urchins and cucumbers

Publisher published by the author Publisher Place Farnborough

Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, Selected and Translated into English Verse with a preface and notes, in 2 volumes, complete 1 engraved plain plate ofPp. xxxvii, (4), B2, 4 280; (6), B2, 4 340; with 52 woodcut vignettes in the text by John and Thomas Bewick, Charlton Nesbit, and Luke Clennell. Publishers original black morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other compartments, front and rear covers with gilt border decorations, decorated board edges and gilt turns, marbled endpapers, all page edges in