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 A new edition

en_US By R. Dodsley

Creator

en_US Aesop

Date

2016-01-25T20:10:20Z

en_US 2011-09

en_US 1811

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:10:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 1811

Abstract

en_US This is a bare-bones American publication of Dodsley's three books of fables. That is, there are no introductory chapters or final tables or appendices. The paper is quite fragile. The illustrations, one to a fable, are uniform in size and all framed by some printer's design. Many of them here are quite indistinct; they may have been that way from the beginning. This edition of Dodsley might best be compared with the American edition of the Crukshanks in 1798. One should also compare with the British editions of 1780? and 1812, which follow the same pattern of small quadriform single illustrations for each fable. Dodsley's original with its pages of several medallions was in 1761. I also have a Dublin edition of 1763. We may end up with quite an array of Dodsley editions from the British colonies! Did Carey's firm go on under partnership with others in the coming generations?

Identifier

en_US 7529 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82795

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for Mathew Carey

en_US Philadelphia, PA

Subject

en_US PN982 .D6 1811

en_US Aesop and others

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole