His fragments show familiarity with Homer, with the works of the Greek physical and ethical philosophers, with the systems of the rhetoricians, and some acquaintance with the writings of Plato, Archilochus, Euripides, and aesop.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
For his Dutch aesop of October, 1485, and Latin edition of September, 1486, he used cuts copied from the original Ulm and Augsburg set.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
In any case, Caxton seems, in a leisurely way, to have set about producing some more, since by or about 1484 appeared three of his most important illustrated books, the Golden Legend, the second edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and an aesop.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard