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Title
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Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Second edition?
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R. and J. Dodsley
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Wale, Samuel
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The Life of Esop, de Meziriac; Essay on Fable, Dod
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:00:34Z
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2010-12
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1764
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:00:34Z
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Date Issued
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1764
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Abstract
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This book is a delightful anomaly. It stands directly between my first edition Dodsley from 1761 and my second edition Dodsley from 1764, which lacks the medallion illustrations. This copy is marked 1764 on the title-page but has the illustrations. The illustrations here include the medallions and a frontispiece, identical with that in the first edition. Bodemann #145.1 illustrates this frontispiece and describes it this way: Aesop hebt den mit Fabelmotiven bedruckten Schleier der Wahrheit. Further illustrations occur at the beginning of each of the three books: beehive and bees; swan and stork; and squirrel. There is also an elaborate design at the end of each book. All six of these are signed by S(amuel) Wale. Was there a second edition that had the illustrations and one that did not? Notice that that index at the back of the book is really a T of C, and it lasts for twenty-eight pages. For my comments on the text of Dodsley, see Crukshank's edition of 1798. E Libris C.H. Hardy.
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Identifier
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Bodemann identifier cf. 145.1
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7091 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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John Baskerville
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Birmingham
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Subject
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PN982.D6 1764b
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Aesop and others
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole