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Aesop translated Samuel Croxall edited by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend - THE FABLES OF AESOP Translated into English by Samuel Croxall, D.D. With New Applications, Morals, &c. by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, Editor of

Title: THE FABLES OF AESOP Translated into English by Samuel Croxall, D.D. With New Applications, Morals, &c. by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, Editor of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" .. With Eighty Original Illustrations.
Description: London, Fredreick Warne and Co. 1887 by inscription Woodengraved illustrations (80) in text - these are not the Croxall illustrations, they are unsigned but in the style of Harrison Weir but NOT by him Weir although not by him. . Post octavo red pictorial cl oth (tips worn/vent to foot) viii + 152pp. Using the Croxall translation of Aesop the Rev. George Fyler Townsend added morals and applications thus The Fox & The Crow moral is Flattery Finds Favour and the Application Compliments cost nothing but many pay dear for them.

Keywords: fables illustrated morals

Price: GBP 33.00 = appr. US$ 47.12 Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books
- Book number: E74355

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