The fables of Aesop and others, translated into human nature

The fables of Aesop and others, translated into human nature. ''The ass in a lion's skin'' (plate facing l. 3) smokes a cigar. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, pictorial t.p. and a plate for each of the 22 fables. Printer's statement from upper board. The author's introduction is dated from London, October, 1857. Undated. Date from BLC.