Allen Brothers New York: 1869. 1869 344 p. Illustrated by numerous woodcuts. Foxed. 12mo. Worn original decorated full blue cloth binding. Very unusual illustrated mid-19th century American Aesop. PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good. Allen Brothers, New York: 1869. hardcover
London: Printed for D. Brown et al. 1724. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1229i.e. 33115502pp. Index of the fables. Leaf of ads for the publisher at rear and another leaf of ads for the author following his "Life of Aesop." Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece portrait and 1 copper engraved plate. Cont. calf worn nicely rebacked gilt decorated spine with red morocco label. Title page and top margin of frontis. with some old soiling. Faded water stain at lower outer corner of about 20 leaves near rear. Occasional light foxing. Ownership signature on front pastedown dated 1750. Printed for D. Brown et al. hardcover books
J.F. and C. Rivington et al. London 1788. Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters gathering P partially sprung. fourteenth Edition 6 3/4 x 4 inches xxxiv 329 7 index pages contemporary calf with red morocco spine label Includes engraved frontispiece and 196 woodcut illustrations each measuring 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches in pagination. Neat ink owner inscription dated 1796 on front free endpaper. J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., London unknown books
Paris: Harrison 1931. Limited. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Calder Alexander. Illustrated with fifty drawings by Alexander Calder. 124pp. Tall thin 8vo original boards with blue printed d.w wrappers slightly foxed; uncut edges 2-piece red board slipcase is broken. Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. A near fine copy in a good slipcase.<br/><br/> From a total edition of 615 copies printed on Auvergne hand-made paper this is one of only 20 marked "not for sale". The fifth publication of Harrison of Paris.<br/><br/> Harrison unknown books
Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins the stories associated with his name have descen paperback
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Leiden 1632. 8vo. Joannes Maire Contemporary vellum sewn at three stations but with 2 tanned leather thongs laced through the joints each board with a panel stamp 59 x 50 mm of the Amersfoort coat of arms in a circular laurel wreath in a rectangle with winged angel heads in each corner in a frame of double filets. Most endpapers later. With Maire's woodcut "fac et spera" device on title-page Breugelmans Maire device 10 47 woodcut illustrations 5 x 6.5 cm by Christoffel van Sichem II in the text and 3 woodcut decorated initials 2 series. Set in Greek and roman types with extensive italic. 158 2 pp. Rare second edition one of three dated "1632" of a popular Greek and Latin school book edited by the famous Dutch neo-Latin poet humanist and Leiden Professor of Greek Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655 with 47 beautiful woodcut illustrations by Christoffel van Sichem II. Aesop's fables were prescribed by the States of Holland in the Hollandsche schoolordre of 1625 as one of the books to be read in the 3rd class. Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658 the second of several woodcut artists in that family studied with Jacques de Gheyn and was one of the leading Dutch book illustrators in the first half of the 17th century. Although the book has no prize certificate or inscription and no owner's name the coat-of-arms of the city of Amersfoort on the binding of a school book strongly suggests a prize binding for a student at the Amersfoort Latin school. With an occasional contemporary manuscript note in Greek and Latin. With a small dark stain in the lower inside corner of the foot margin of many leaves not approaching the text and with very slight browning throughout but still in good condition. The vellum of the binding is dirty and slightly rubbed but also good.l Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 2 copies; Hollstein XXVII Van Sichem II 31; for the panel-stamp: Spoelder Prijsboeken Amersfoort 1. hardcover
Philadelphia: T. Dobson 1789. The Ninth Edition Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161 3pp. Errors in pagination as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf. 12mo. Contemporary calf some losses to spine lacks endpapers. Foxing. The Ninth Edition Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161 3pp. Errors in pagination as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf. 12mo. The first America edition of Aesop was Samuel Croxall's translation published in Philadelphia by Aitken in 1777; the first American editions of Robert Dodsley's translation and that of Robert Burton were published the same year by Robert Bell of Philadelphia. The first American edition of this translation by Clarke was first published in Boston in 1787 with the present 1789 edition being the first Philadelphia edition of that translation. Evans 21631; ESTC W6771 T. Dobson unknown
Leipzig 1570. 8vo. colophon: Ernest Vögelin Blind-tooled red vellum sewn on 3 supports with a hollow back each board with a double frame of double fillets the inner and outer connected with diagonal double fillets the front board with the owners initials and the date in the central field: M E B S 1598. With Vögelins woodcut device on title page scrollwork cartouche with a crucifixion - with a bird representing the Holy Spirit - on the arc of the covenant and symbols of the 4 Evangelists in the corners and 4 woodcut initials 2 series with pictorial decoration. 25 1 blank 342 349-513 32 1 blank pp. Vögelins 1570 Aesop edition a nearly page for page often line for line reprint of his own important 1564 edition including one of the most extensive collections of Aesop fables to that date following but augmenting Camerariuss 1544 Leipzig edition. It contains more than 500 fables collected by the humanist classical scholar Joachim Camerarius Bamberg 1500-Leipzig 1574 who played a decisive role in the German Reformation helped Philip Melanchthon with the composition of the famous Augsburg Confession and published editions of many classical authors. The preface and printers note originally copied the 1564 date from the 1564 edition but in the latter a correction slip changed the date to 1570. One can see in the present copy that the slip was present but it has fallen off. Many copies lack the last printed leaf present here containing only the colophon.Lacking the final blank leaf. Somewhat browned the title page thumbed and the corners of the last few leaves gone not approaching the text but generally in good condition.l USTC 657123; VD16 A516; cf. Bodemann 34.1-2 1565 Plantin Antwerp ed. & 1571 Jean de Tournes Lyon ed. hardcover
Londini London: ex officina Rogeri Danielis 1657. Hardcover. 12mo. 8 246 VG-; bound in early full cloth plain spine; moderate wear and rubbing to boards some worming to both boards bumping to corners; ; greek handwriting to front pastedown front and rear endpapers; ex-library with markings to recto of title page; embossed stamp to title page page 99; small ink stains to pages 88/89; lacking last black leaf; Latin and Greek on facing pages;<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> scarce; AG consignment; shelved case 3. ESTC: R20664 <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Per ESTC "The battle of the frogs and mice" is erroneously attributed to Homer.;. 1334141. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. ex officina Rogeri Danielis hardcover
Utrecht: widow of Jurriaen Poolsom 1699. Marbled wrappers. Small 8vo. With woodcut of a wolf sitting next to a tree 3.5 x 6 cm on the title page and 47 woodcuts in the text ca. 5 x 6 cm. Rare Greek and Latin school edition of Aesop with the same contents and 47 woodcuts as the 1685 edition published by Jurriaen Poolsum in Utrecht Bodemann 65.4 one of the many editions based on the original Heinsius school edition of 1626 published by Johannes Maire in Leiden with a woodcut series by Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658. Landwehr counts 15 editions between 1626 and 1727. The unsigned woodcuts in the present edition closely follow the Van Sichem series.The Aesop fables are printed in two columns with the Greek left and Latin right prose texts; Avianuss Latin verse rendition of the fables follows in one column. The added Brachomyomachia or Ranarum & murium pugna a spoof of Homer here attributed to him as in many early editions gives the Greek verse text left and Latin verse translation right on facing pages illustrated with 6 woodcuts.First quire loose part of the last leaf torn out.l Fabula docet 16 p. 99; Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 cf. p. 312; STCN 2 copies; cf. Bodemann 65.1-5 related eds. widow of Jurriaen Poolsom, unknown
Mannheim: Academicis 1768. hardcover. very good. Edited by Franc. Josephi Desbillons. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings. 2 volumes bound in 1 very thick small 8vo 3/4 vellum corners a bit tattered 615 pages top edge red rubricated edges. Mannheim: Academicis 1768. a Very good copy.<br/> <br/> Academicis unknown
1817. AESOP. FABULAE AESOPI SELECTAE or Select Fables of Aesop: With AN English translation more literal than any yet extant designed for the reader instruction of beginners in the Latin tongue. By H. Clarke. Baltimore: Published by J. & T. Vance; J. Robinson Printer 1817. Parallel texts in Latin and English printed in double columns. 161 pp. 12mo. Worn and rubbed contemporary binding of speckled calf with shallow loss at crown. The upper board is detached. Text leaves are age-browned and foxed. This imprint is not noted in OCLC though it does note a Fielding Lucas Jr. imprint in Baltimore from the same year with the same pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker 39948. unknown books
Philadelphia: Printed for C. and A. Conrad and Co. et al. Lydia R. Bailey Printer 1810. Later printing. Full Calf. Good. 155pp. Plus 3pp. publisher's ads. Cont. speckled calf very worn hinges cracked & tenuous. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1810 #19318. Printed for C. and A. Conrad and Co. et al. Lydia R. Bailey, Printer unknown books
Mannheim: Academicis 1768. hardcover. very good. Edited by Franc. Josephi Desbillons. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings. 2 volumes bound in 1 very thick small 8vo 3/4 vellum corners a bit tattered 615 pages top edge red rubricated edges. Mannheim: Academicis 1768. a Very good copy.<br/><br/> Academicis unknown books
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown books
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485 Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes unknown
Basiliae.: Johann Schweighauser. 1780. Contemporary quarter plain vellum over plain boards. Good covers worn and soiled lacks the ffep contents very good. Small 8vo. 16.5x10 cm. Greek and Latin text on facing pages. weight: 0.7 lb. Engraved vignette on title page. Johann Schweighauser. hardcover
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