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LE GROS, W. B. Fables and Tales, Suggested by the Frescoes of Pompeii and Herculaneum. London: Richard Bentley, 1835. Small 4to. Illustrated with 24 line engravings after those found in Pompeii and Herculaneum. [viii], [1]-215, [1, blank] pp. Bound in contemporary full calf, boards ruled in black, spine tooled in blind, ruled in gilt in compartments, brown gilt morocco lettering label, gilt board edges, blind turn-ins, marbled endleaves, all edges marbled (spine sunned and worn, joints cracking, boards worn and soiled, text and plates occasionally foxed). Good. FIRST EDITION. Armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden, Bart. (the fifth baronet of the Eden family of West Auckland).