Fables of Aesop, and Others(?)

Title

en_US Fables of Aesop, and Others(?)

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Samuel Croxall

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US Kirkall, Elisha

Date

2016-01-25T15:23:48Z

en_US 1991-09

en_US 1840?

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:23:48Z

Date Issued

en_US 1840?

Abstract

en_US This little volume is lacking a number of things, including its title-page, Fables II-VI, and the last 1½ fables. If it followed the tradition of similar Croxall editions, also lacking are a frontispiece, a preface, and an AI before the fables and an index of themes after them. It fits squarely in the tradition of cheap reprintings of the Croxall edition of 1722 with new illustrations. The illustrations here are identical with those found in the Derby & Jackson edition of 1859. The format of this book is smaller and the type is set differently than there, though also already with a modern s. Thus the illustrations are imitations of Kirkall's, simpler and mirror-reversed (as they were in Mozley's editions of 1804 and 1807), but all in the oval within a rectangle style. The non-image portion of the rectangle becomes simpler and less ornate than it was in Kirkall's work. Fable CXCV begins here on 348. This copy is in fair condition, with a spine that shows some damage; the illustrations seem well preserved. This is a little treasure from a friendly local book-dealer who tried to watch out for me during my year at Georgetown and died soon thereafter.

Identifier

en_US 1048 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75834

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US s.n.

en_US London

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 C7 1840

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole