Fables

Title

en_US Fables

en_US Columbian Library: Containing a Classical Selection of British Literature: Vol. II

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By Judith Dupré

Creator

en_US Gay, John See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:59:04Z

en_US 2009-11

en_US 1797

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:59:04Z

Date Issued

en_US 1797

Abstract

en_US This is a curious compilation of fables. The T of C facing the title-page has as its first heading Fables by Different Hands. These run for some 115 pages. They are a mix of prose and verse and of traditional fable stuff and -- often ingenious -- new creations. I am happy to recognize a number of reworkings of traditional fables, taken for example from La Fontaine. Moore's Fables begin on 116 and carry through the end of the first volume on 184. Without any break Gay's Fables begin on a new Page 1 and run through 131. The second part of Gay's fables begins on 73. The T of C represents Gay's fables only through 79; apparently a further T of C page is missing. The book has considerable foxing. Someone has done a fair amount of mathematics on the front endpapers. The book is inscribed at its front by P.G Benson of Aurora, IL. An image on the title-page shows Aesop shining a mirror's light on a seated woman. Animals surround Aesop. Leather binding. The front cover is splitting off from the spine. It is unusual that a genuinely old and rare book like this one shows up on eBay!

Identifier

en_US 6763 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82072

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed and published by W. Milns

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PR1195.F3 S4 1797 See all items with this value

en_US Various See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole