Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books

Title

en_US Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US R. Dodsley

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:39:08Z

en_US 2013-06

en_US 1767

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:39:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1767

Abstract

en_US I feel as though I have been through this history before but have forgotten too much of it! Here is a 1767 Dodsley in good condition except for its separated front cover. It was published by J. Dodsley in Pall-mall in London in 1767. I seem to find indications of a first such Pall-mall edition in 1765. The first edition overall, I believe, was in Birmingham in 1761. This edition is, as far as I can tell, exactly like that Birmingham edition, of which I have a copy. Frontispiece and medallions are present and intact. I notice that this edition lists only R. Dodsley as editor and J. Dodsley as publisher. The covers have been crudely taped. The illustrations are presented as a set of from four to (more usually) twelve medallion-like circles on one page. They are simple and straightforward. In the size in which they are presented, there is not much room for detail or nuance. They show up much better on Hobbs' end-papers, since they are so much larger. There is an introductory illustration and a closing vignette for each book. After all three books, there is a comprehensive listing of morals, deliberately kept separate from the stories themselves. Since there is neither a T of C nor an AI, this index also serves as the best way of finding a fable's place within the collection.

Identifier

en_US Bodemann identifier cf #145

en_US 10365 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76349

Publisher

en_US J. Dodsley

en_US Pall Mall, London

Subject

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole