The Book of Fables Illustrated by Engravings

Title

en_US The Book of Fables Illustrated by Engravings

Description

en_US Apparently first edition and first printing

Creator

en_US No Author

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:40Z

en_US 1999-11

en_US 1840?

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:40Z

Date Issued

en_US 1840

Abstract

en_US This small (almost 6 x 4) pamphlet with ornate wraps contains sixteen fables on 24 pages, with nine illustrations. A beautiful rectangular illustration of FG starts the booklet off, followed by an apologia that foxes would rather be in a henhouse than in a vineyard, and a verse version of FG. Next is the first of several fables new to me, The Fox and the Tortoise. The fox is being pursued by humans for robbing their henhouses and stops to chat for a moment with a tortoise before running off to save his life. The tortoise realizes that an honest life is better than running after forbidden pleasures. BW (illustrated) and The Fox and the Goat follow in verse--in different sized print, by the way. Next up are DLS in verse and DS in prose, the latter with another fine illustration. WC (verse) WL (prose, with an illustration), TB (verse) and DM (prose, with an illustration) follow. Hurcules [sic] and the Clown (verse), The Lark and Her Yonug [sic] Ones (prose), and The Doves and Hawk (verse, with a large illustration) follow. The Groom and the Horse (prose, 20) is new to me; the groom fools the horse, who has refused to be caught, by bringing out the measure (bucket?) in which he regularly brought the horse's oats. The measure is empty, and the horse chides him for his deception. The Lion and the Other Beasts (prose) is about smells in the lion's den; the accompanying illustration is really for the fable about the lion's partners in hunting (sheep, goat, and cow) and their division of the stag clearly in evidence in the picture. The Owl and the Nightingale (prose) criticizes the former for monkish book learning that is disturbed by the nightingale's lovely singing. The back cover features the books available at J. Grout's Cheap Bookstore. Very good condition. A fine specimen of good printing work--except for the lamentable errata! What is that frontispiece about, showing a dog (?) in front of a home's fireplace? Very good condition.

Identifier

en_US 3324 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78703

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Published by J. Grout Jr.,

en_US Worcester

Subject

en_US PZ8.2 .A254 1840

Type

Pamphlet