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1926Best.-Nr. 288630Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel 1926. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Celia M. Fiennes. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. Wood engraved illustrations by Celia M. Fiennes. 94 pages. Tall 8vo linen-backed brown boards uncut edges. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1926. Limited Edition - number 267 of 325 copies. A fine copy lacking the dust wrapper. One of 350 numbered copies. Golden Cockerel unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 288630Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel 1926. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Celia M. Fiennes. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. Wood engraved illustrations by Celia M. Fiennes. 94 pages. Tall 8vo linen-backed brown boards uncut edges. Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press 1926. Limited Edition - number 267 of 325 copies. A fine copy lacking the dust wrapper. One of 350 numbered copies. Golden Cockerel unknown books
1800Best.-Nr. 366475Paris: Chez Batilliot frères 1800. Folded engraved half-title with double page frontispiece and engraving facing title 60 numbered pages of engravings. Text and illustrations printed within borders. Last page of text is a publisher's list of books. 66 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt scroll border red spine label. Minor rubbing. Very good plus. Folded engraved half-title with double page frontispiece and engraving facing title 60 numbered pages of engravings. Text and illustrations printed within borders. Last page of text is a publisher's list of books. 66 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Chez Batilliot frères unknown books
1800Best.-Nr. 366475Paris: Chez Batilliot frères 1800. Folded engraved half-title with double page frontispiece and engraving facing title 60 numbered pages of engravings. Text and illustrations printed within borders. Last page of text is a publisher's list of books. 66 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt scroll border red spine label. Minor rubbing. Very good plus. Folded engraved half-title with double page frontispiece and engraving facing title 60 numbered pages of engravings. Text and illustrations printed within borders. Last page of text is a publisher's list of books. 66 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Chez Batilliot frères unknown
2016Best.-Nr. 54215Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Detmold Edward. Large quarto 12" x 9-3/4". 208pp. Light tan leather elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Illustrated with all the original 25 stunning color illustrations that bring these timeless characters to life. This now out-of-print facsimile edition is limited to 800 copies. A fine as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap and the original shipping box. "The Fables of Aesop is perhaps Detmold's greatest masterpiece." Publisher. The Easton Press hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. 54215Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2016. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Detmold Edward. Large quarto 12" x 9-3/4". 208pp. Light tan leather elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt. A.e.g. Housed in publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Illustrated with all the original 25 stunning color illustrations that bring these timeless characters to life. This now out-of-print facsimile edition is limited to 800 copies. A fine as new copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap and the original shipping box. "The Fables of Aesop is perhaps Detmold's greatest masterpiece." Publisher. The Easton Press hardcover books
1879Best.-Nr. 9372Edinburgh:: Privately Printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne Hanson & Co. 1879. Edition de luxe printed on Whatman paper from the original wood engravings; No. 75 of 100 copies. publisher's vellum with mounted illustration t.e.g. Binding a little dust-soiled; internally clean and sound. Small folio. With the Original Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick.to which are Added Select Supplementary Illustrations of Bewick's Genius. Privately Printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., hardcover
1708Best.-Nr. 89232Printed for R. Sare A. and F Churchil D. Brown T. Goodwin M. Wotton F Nicho January 1708. Hardcover. Very Good. both volumes tight and clean except that volume 2 has cracks to spine and heavily browned first and last pages Printed for R. Sare, A. and F Churchil, D. Brown, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, F Nicho hardcover
1823Best.-Nr. 962P14Newcastle; London: E. Walker; Longman and Co 1823. Leather. Fine. 9" by 5.5"; 9.5" by 6.5". Thomas Bewick. A finely bound edition of Bewick's Aesop a lovely copy complete with his woodcuts and a facsimile thumbprint receipt. Smartly bound in a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in April 2001. Clamshell is in a fine condition.Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick. This is copy number 829 with this receipt. Pages have been washed presenting an uncommonly bright copy of this sought after work.The fables of Aesop here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventure of many different creatures.Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete though the endpapers have been renewed. Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. In a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. A couple of very light marks to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very light handling marks. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine E. Walker; Longman and Co hardcover
1820Best.-Nr. 964P39Newcastle; London: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". Thomas Bewick; John Bewick. The Bewick brother's edition of Aesop complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. Thomas and John Bewick's edition of Aesop's 'Fables'.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title four portrait plates and woodcut vignettes throughout. This edition includes a memoir and a descriptive catalogue of the works of the Bewick brothers. Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the ancient Greek Aesop. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life.Thomas Bewick spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated 'Aesop's Fables' the first of which was published in 1776. Bewick was an illustrator known for his fine illustrations for books illustrating many natural history works such as 'A History of British Birds' and 'A History of Quadrupeds'. He is known for popularising the practice of printing illustrations using wood producing high-quality illustrations at a lower price. In a rebacked half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Boards are a little discoloured and rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy hardcover
1835Best.-Nr. 962Z25Halifax: William Milner 1835. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables smarty bound in quarter calf and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Lacking the folding frontispiece. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally excellent with minimal rubbing to the extremities. Internally lacking frontispiece otherwise firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with only the odd minor spot and handling mark. Very Good Indeed William Milner hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 335924Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard Sparks. Near Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1742Best.-Nr. 21423Parisiis, apud Coustelier, 1742 ; in-12, veau raciné, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, fleurons à la lyre, palette à la grappe de raisins, pièce de titre rouge, belle roulette d’encadrement et roulette sur les coupes, tranches dorées, gardes oranges (reliure de l’époque) ; [24], 132 pp., frontispice de Coypel gravé par Fessard, bandeau répété cinq fois, par Pierre, gravé par Fessard.
1815Best.-Nr. ABC_45453Madrid 1815. 12mo. for Petrus Lopez and his brother Marbled calf over boards gilt spine with red title label lettered in gold sprinkled edges marbled endpapers. With woodcut of the writing Aesop on title and 86 woodcuts ca. 43 x 56 mm. 324 12 pp. Nineteenth-century edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables the collection of the Aesop fables in prose originally compiled by Martinus Dorpius 1485-1525 a humanist teaching in Louvain. This so-called Aesopus Dorpii was first published in 1509 in Antwerp. All 349 Latin Fables are provided with an Adfabulation. The Dorpius compilation has been very important for the diffusion of Aesop as a textbook during the following centuries and was reprinted in a variety of ways at least two hundred times. Four of the woodcuts are illustrating the Vita 82 the Fables.Ownerships entry of Franc. Ant. Vetonnes 1819 on first fly-leaf. The woodcuts are partly rather worn out. Title a bit soiled some slight browning at the end.l Cf. Bodemann 641-3 1623 1734 1788: Madrid with 81 woodcuts. hardcover
1734Best.-Nr. ABC_45417Bassano 1734. Jo. Antonius Remondinus Sheepskin over boards. With woodcut printers vignette on title-page and some woodcut initials and 76 woodcuts ca. 42 x 55 mm. partly after Bernard Salomon partly after Nicolaus and Gerardus Jansen van Kampen. 12mo. 279 280 8 pp. Elegant edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables. All Latin 349 fables in prose are printed in one column each with a Adfabulation. The edition is an almost page-for-page reprint of an earlier Bassano edition see nr. 35 which is a reprint of the Brescia edition of 1623 Bodemann 64.1 with partly the same woodcuts as in the undated earlier Bassano edition which are after those in the 1623 edition but somewhat enlarged. The woodcuts in our edition not all! are more worn down than in the u dated Bassano edition.l Bodemann 64. 2 variant or printing error in Bodemann: 1743 = 1734 see also 64.1 & 31.1; not in Fabulae docet. hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 149421913 toile verte éditeur, Ier plat et dos orné. Imprimé sur papier fort par The Ballantyne Press à Londres. in-8, XII-121pp., frontispice et 12 planches en couleurs, serpentes imprimées, 49 pl. en n. et b., certaines à pleine page, P. Hachette 1913
1857Best.-Nr. 962F16London: W. Kent & Co 1857 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Charles H. Bennett. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In this edition Bennett reimagines the traditional animal characters of Aesop's work with human traits and behaviours offering a satirical lens on Victorian society. He includes characters such as 'the callous footman the idle officer the exposed swindler the ignorant patron of the arts and the foolish social climber' Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914.Illustrated with twenty-four hand coloured plates by Bennett. Collated complete.Bennett was a prolific Victorian illustrator who had a short career which ended when he died of consumption.Rebacked in calf in the publisher's original cloth covered boards retaining the original endpapers. Housed in a clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the front pastedown of the clamshell.With the contemporary inscription of Helen Bessie Steel to a front blank and the inscription of Claud G. Steel to recto of frontispiece.Quayle in 'Early Children's Books' says this is one of Bennett's finest and most vigorous works and one of the most notable editions of Aesop's Fables. Rebacked in calf retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards. In a cloth covered slip case in fine condition. Externally excellent with a touch of fading to board perimeters. Front hinge lightly strained with board firmly held. Inscription to front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting throughout and with tide mark to head of introduction text leaf. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Very Good W. Kent & Co hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. ZB1153927Easton Press 2015. Limited to 800 numbered copies gilt-stamped full cream colored leather LIKE NEW in a very good slipcase that has one tiny abrasion to its edge and faint soiling to a few small areas. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Easton Press hardcover
1784Best.-Nr. 963Q22Biponti : Biponti 1784 . Vellum. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A vellum-bound copy of the celebrated "Biponti" edition of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop along with contributions from other noted fabulists. The Biponti edition part of a celebrated series of Greek and Latin texts published in Biponti Germany.Bound in a contemporary full vellum with a custom cloth clamshell. A Latin collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop originating from 1st Century Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus known for being the first versifier of Aesop's fables into Latin. Also included in this collection are fables by another well-known writer in the field pagan fabulist Aviani as well as a number of anonymous contributors. Based on the 1727 edition of Pierre Burman or Petrus Burman with contributions from other authors. With an unusual illustration to the title page depicting a mixture of animals in one. Bookplate of Bibliotheque de J. Thompson Bruxelles 1870 and another of Ch. de Toughe. Clamshell by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Bound in a contemporary full vellum with a custom cloth clamshell. Externally very good with rubbing to the extremities and marking to the vellum as is common with this binding. Bookplate and inscriptions to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Clamshell is also in excellent condition with just a little fading. Very Good Biponti hardcover
1912Best.-Nr. 1744London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday 1912. First Edition. Very Good. Arthur Rackham. 8vo 8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches 250 x 155 mm; xxix 224 pp; Thirteen color plates including frontispiece with descriptive tissue guards and fifty-three drawings in black & white nineteen full-page. Handsomely bound in half red calf over red cloth boards by Oxford Binding stamped in gilt inside lower edge; spine with gilt compartments and lettering marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Corners and joints rubbed but the binding remains firm square and attractive. Interior generally clean with light toning and occasional foxing most noticeable where tissue guards have rested against the text. Plates bright and well-preserved. A classic early 20th-century illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables featuring some of Rackham's most charming and expressive work combining his distinctive line drawings with richly colored plates. A desirable example in a pleasing period-style binding. William Heinemann / Doubleday unknown
1793Best.-Nr. 435881London : Printed for John Stockdale 1793. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copies in modern binding; cloth boards backed in gilt-blocked aniline calf. Spine and covers dust-toned nicked and rubbed as with age. Vol II has detached cover and cracked spine. Heavy foxing inside. Physical description; 2 volumes plates 23 cm. Subjects; Aesop. Aesops fables ; Early works to 1800. Fables Greek ; Early works to 1800. Fables Greek. London : Printed for John Stockdale hardcover
1701Best.-Nr. 14633Phaedri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Notis illustravit in usum Serenissimi principis Nassavii David Hoogstratanus.Amstelaedami (Amsterdam), ex Typographia Francisci Halmae 1701. Ex-libris de la bibliothèque de Ph.-L. de Bordes de fortage.Très belles Illustrations de David van Hoogstraten (1658-1724) :1 grand portrait-frontispice de Nassau gravé par Van Gunst replié.1 titre-frontispice gravé par Boutats.1 vignette de titre.6 vignettes de chapitres.9 lettrines illustrées.32 culs-de-lampe.18 planches de 6 médaillons gravées par Van Vianen.Reliure plein veau granité de l'époque. Dos à nerfs avec pièce de titre maroquin rouge. Tranches jaspées rouge. Dos noirci. Mors fendillés. Pas de rousseur. Déchirure latérale restaurée sur le portrait. Très belle édition, bien illustrée. Bon état. Format in-4°(26x19).
1793Best.-Nr. 76453London: Printed for John Stockdale 1793. 8vo. Two volumes. pp. lxv i 189 1; xii 248. Engraved titles and 110 plates. Bindings rubbed and recased and repaired with sheep with most of three of the original calf boards. Orange leather label gilt lettering ruling and devices to spine. Slight cracking to the lower hinge of the second volume. Titles are toned and are cut close at head and foot with loss to the imprint. Foxing elsewhere. A very good 18th century set with striking illustrations. . Very Good. Original Boards. 1793. Printed for John Stockdale [1793] hardcover
1607Best.-Nr. 27184Antverpiae [Anvers / Antwerpen], ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607 - Antverpiae, ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum, 1607. 3 ouvrages reliés en un volume au format in-16 (133 x 92 mm) de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau glacé blond, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, roulette dorée sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, filet en pointillés dorés en tête et queue, titre doré, tranches rouges.
1607Best.-Nr. 271841607. Antverpiae Anvers / Antwerpen ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607 - Antverpiae ex Officina plantiniana / apud Joannem Moretum 1607. 3 ouvrages relis en un volume au format in-16 133 x 92 mm de 351 pp. ; 29 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. ; 90 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau glac blond double filet dor encadrant les plats dos nerfs orn de filets gras froid roulette dore sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dors fleurons dors filet en pointills dors en tÂte et queue titre dor tranches rouges. Runion - en un volume - de trois ouvrages rares sortis des presses de Christophe Plantin et Jean Moretus. L'Officina Plantiniana est considre comme l'entreprise d'dition et d'imprimerie la plus importante qui ait jamais t tablie en Belgique. Vignette au ''Compas d'or'' en page de titre troisiÂme et derniÂre marque qu'utilisa l'imprimeur. Lequel - lÕinstar de Robert Estienne - exposait devant sa porte ses preuves en promettant une rcompense ceux qui y dcouvriraient quelque faute. ''En raison de ses origines alexandrines Claudien assimile le got pour le Ç baroque È de son temps reprsent par exemple par le poÂte Nonnos de Panopolis. PoÂte de cour et mondain c'tait aussi un paen convaincu. Avec Prudence il est l'un des derniers grands poÂtes latins de l'Empire romain. Les deux ouvrages de Claudien sont ici accompagns des notes estimes de Martin Antonio Del Rio. Graesse II Trsor de livres rares et prcieux p. 193 - Brunet II Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 88 pour une dition de 1602. Angles mousss. Petites altrations superficielles parses affectant par ailleurs la reliure. Papier oxyd prsentant en outre de claires rousseurs. Infime manque en marge infrieure d'un feuillet. Nonobstant ensemble en belle condition. b42961 unknown
