Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: eng

en_US Thomas James

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Tenniel, John

Date

2016-01-25T19:49:08Z

en_US 2000-03

en_US 1848?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:49:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1848

Abstract

en_US This book, which is in fair condition, makes it into the collection for one reason. It is an exact replica of a volume with the same bibliographical data given to me by Jerry McKevitt. But the printer of that copy had trouble with the designs on both front and back covers. He got the stork eating the frogs crooked by tilting a six-pointed star to the side. This printer gets it right! Let me repeat some of my comments made on that copy. The page edges are gilt. My favorite private collector gives the date for these editions as 1848 and writes that they are the first American edition. The original London 1848 James/Tenniel, published by John Murray, includes over one hundred illustrations. Compare with the later Porter and Coates (1848/80?) editions, which use the same plates after the title page. All of these have only two of the six plates for MSA.

Identifier

en_US 5718 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81236

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Robert B. Collins

en_US NY

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 J36 1848g See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole