Aesop's Fables for the Instruction and Improvement of Youth

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables for the Instruction and Improvement of Youth

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US La Fontaine

Creator

en_US Aesop

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:05Z

en_US 2003-06

en_US 1838

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:05Z

Date Issued

en_US 1838

Abstract

en_US This is one of the fattest little (4¼ x 5½) books I have. It is really two volumes bound together, both dated to the same year on their title pages. Each volume has a T of C at its beginning. The first volume has one hundred and ten fables on 263 pages. The second has one hundred and fifty fables on 311 pages. A quick check finds the fables and applications from Croxall. The frequent black-and-white illustrations are very well done and are surprisingly numerous. Fifteen of the first thirty fables are illustrated, for example. In this group, I find particularly good the illustrations of WSC (28) and of the hunted beaver (50). The fold-out frontispiece has lost some of its furthest extension. This is a remarkable little treasure!

Identifier

en_US 4897 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80513

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US John McGowan

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2 .A254 1838

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole