Fables for the Female Sex

Title

en_US Fables for the Female Sex

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Edward Moore

Creator

en_US Brooke, Henry See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Hayman, Francis

Date

2016-01-25T16:18:56Z

en_US 1997-05

en_US 1744

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:18:56Z

Date Issued

en_US 1744

Abstract

en_US See my comments under the 1744/83? reprinting of these 16 fables. I count this book something of a find. The bookstore mentioned it to me on my second visit during this brief stay in London. They did not know who had written it. (It has two cuts in the title page, the lower perhaps to remove the name of a former owner.) I noted the date, made an unaccepted offer of £30, went home and looked up the date in my own records and noted that 1744 was indeed the date of Moore's first edition. I presumed therefore (and still do) that this is that first edition. I immediately called to reserve the book. Two trips back to get it were frustrated by an explosion and a bank holiday, respectively, but I left a note, and they were good enough to send it to me. The illustration pages are often slightly damaged, but usually without loss to the strong illustrations. In a few there is a tear affecting the image itself: VIII (47), XI (67), XIII (81), and XVI (149). My favorites are IX (55),The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat and XIV (89),The Sparrow, and the Dove.

Identifier

en_US 2715 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78250

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for R. Francklin

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR3605.M3 F2 1744 See all items with this value

en_US Moore See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole