Dodsley's Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. As well for the Use of Schools as Young Gentlemen

Title

en_US Dodsley's Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. As well for the Use of Schools as Young Gentlemen

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US R. and J. Dodsley

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US The Life of Esop, de Meziriac; Essay on Fable, Dod

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:34Z

en_US 1997-06

en_US 1763

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1763

Abstract

en_US See my comments on the Birmingham first edition by Baskerville in 1761. June had collected this book because, I believe, of her particular interest in books in Ireland. A first difference that strikes the eye here is that the frontispiece is changed from The Unveiling of Truth to the same bright mask that so often serves as frontispiece to Gay's fables. The plates seem to be identical. The title-page for the first book occurs here before the first set of illustrations, whereas there it came after these illustrations. The book itself has suffered some wear. The first set of illustrations for Book III has lost its bottom tier; the remaining illustrations have been pasted onto a page facing the first fable of the book (65), which has itself been laid in. The index at the back stops after the first five fables of the third book. Calf binding with marbled boards. A precious gift from a dear friend!

Identifier

en_US 3554 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78920

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for T. and J. Whitehouse

en_US Dublin

Subject

en_US PN982.D6 1763

en_US Aesop and others

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole