Author: Aesop; Dodsley, R. et al.
Title: Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. New Edition
Description: London, Printed for William Osborne and J and H Mozley Gainsborough. Leather. no date, perhaps late 1700s. Stated new edition. Full calf leather. xlviii, 228 pp. plus index. Small woodcut illustrations throughout. A collection of fables, including some by Aesop, gathered by R. Dodsley and accompanied by a lengthy historical introduction. Separated into three books, Ancients, Moderns and Newly Invented (original). POOR condition. Heavy scuffing to the leather, with some soiling, fading and staining. Heavy wear to the leather along the edges, spine and hinges, with chipping and loss. Heavy cracking to the spine, with loss of leather to the head and tail. Ursula written on the rear cover. Covers very tenuously attached. Text block very shaky, with many leaves tenuously bound in. All endpapers missing up to the title page. Names and doodles on the inside covers. Some writing on the last page. Very very worn copy. Poor .
Keywords: Noisbn Folklore
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Title: Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. New Edition
Description: London, Printed for William Osborne and J and H Mozley Gainsborough. Leather. no date, perhaps late 1700s. Stated new edition. Full calf leather. xlviii, 228 pp. plus index. Small woodcut illustrations throughout. A collection of fables, including some by Aesop, gathered by R. Dodsley and accompanied by a lengthy historical introduction. Separated into three books, Ancients, Moderns and Newly Invented (original). POOR condition. Heavy scuffing to the leather, with some soiling, fading and staining. Heavy wear to the leather along the edges, spine and hinges, with chipping and loss. Heavy cracking to the spine, with loss of leather to the head and tail. Ursula written on the rear cover. Covers very tenuously attached. Text block very shaky, with many leaves tenuously bound in. All endpapers missing up to the title page. Names and doodles on the inside covers. Some writing on the last page. Very very worn copy. Poor .
Keywords: Noisbn Folklore
Price: US$ 86.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 019320
- Book number: 019320
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