Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. A New Edition

Title

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

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By R. 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 1997-09

en_US 1773

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1773

Abstract

en_US Compare this book with my 1761 first edition, done by Stockdale in Birmingham. See my comments there. This copy lacks the frontispiece and has experienced some repairs. It is rebound in vellum covered boards, slightly bowed, with labels attached, including a brown illustration of FG on the cover. There is some cartooning, e.g., on the title-page of the Ancient Fables section. 131-34 are missing. The illustrations, which have often seen extensive wear, seem to imitate those of the first edition--rather than to be later impressions of them. Compare the illustrations for BF (Ancient Fables 8), for example. The illustrations meant to face Page 198 occur rather in the middle of the index. A young hand painted with blue all the illustrations facing 108. This little book breathes a sense of history.

Identifier

en_US 3553 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78919

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Printed for J. Dodsley

en_US London

Subject

en_US PN982.D6 1773

en_US Aesop and others

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole