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1700réf. 4112Venice and Bassano: Gio. Antonio Remondini 1700. 12mo 134 x 67 mm. Collation: A-R12. 394 14 pp. 2 parts separately titled second title-page on F5r. Woodcut printer’s device on titles 120 text woodcuts a very few repeated. A few cuts with black dots e.g. on p. 257 apparently from wormed blocks. Fol. K12 with short closed tear touching a woodcut a few headlines shaved; some light discoloration. Late 18th-century English green calf covers with gilt intertwining feather and pointillé border smooth spine gold-paneled and tooled with 3 different all-over patterns red calf lettering piece gilt edges marbled endleaves worn: spine cracked headcaps gone. Provenance: a member of the Fletcher family: engraved armorial bookplate two gryphons as supporters motto “Dieu pour nous” the shield described by Burke as “sable a cross flory argent between four escallops. Crest a bloodhound azure ducally gorged or.” An illustrated pocket edition of 400 fables from Aesop and other traditions specifically intended for children preceded by Giulio Landi’s life of the semi-mythic fabulist. The charming simple but decisively cut woodcut illustrations are typical of the early productions of the Remondini firm who used the blocks as well in several Latin editions of the fables. Giovanni Antonio Remondini 1634-1711 an enterprising businessman whose earliest commercial successes were in wool production was the founder of the long-lived Bassano print publishing firm later known for its paper production. Specialized at first in the production of popular prints mainly engravings the firm’s typographic activities were circumscribed until the mid-18th century by the Venetian monopoly of book production; thus the Remondinis’ earlier typographical output was limited to popular chapbooks and devotional works for a local readership usually in small formats and often illustrated with quickly but skillfully cut woodcuts as here. This undated edition corresponds with the below-cited ICCU record in its pagination and fingerprints but several mispaginations described in ICCU were here corrected. The ICCU editors note two variants one with the place of publication given as Bassano only and this state or issue with imprint “In Venetia et in Bassano” dubbed variant B. ICCU ITICCULO1E04628; cf. M. Infelise I Remondini di Bassano 1980 pp. 23-33 and 132-3. Gio. Antonio Remondini unknown
1700réf. 4112Venice and Bassano: Gio. Antonio Remondini 1700. 12mo 134 x 67 mm. Collation: A-R12. 394 14 pp. 2 parts separately titled second title-page on F5r. Woodcut printer’s device on titles 120 text woodcuts a very few repeated. A few cuts with black dots e.g. on p. 257 apparently from wormed blocks. Fol. K12 with short closed tear touching a woodcut a few headlines shaved; some light discoloration. Late 18th-century English green calf covers with gilt intertwining feather and pointillé border smooth spine gold-paneled and tooled with 3 different all-over patterns red calf lettering piece gilt edges marbled endleaves worn: spine cracked headcaps gone. Provenance: a member of the Fletcher family: engraved armorial bookplate two gryphons as supporters motto “Dieu pour nous” the shield described by Burke as “sable a cross flory argent between four escallops. Crest a bloodhound azure ducally gorged or.” An illustrated pocket edition of 400 fables from Aesop and other traditions specifically intended for children preceded by Giulio Landi’s life of the semi-mythic fabulist. The charming simple but decisively cut woodcut illustrations are typical of the early productions of the Remondini firm who used the blocks as well in several Latin editions of the fables. Giovanni Antonio Remondini 1634-1711 an enterprising businessman whose earliest commercial successes were in wool production was the founder of the long-lived Bassano print publishing firm later known for its paper production. Specialized at first in the production of popular prints mainly engravings the firm’s typographic activities were circumscribed until the mid-18th century by the Venetian monopoly of book production; thus the Remondinis’ earlier typographical output was limited to popular chapbooks and devotional works for a local readership usually in small formats and often illustrated with quickly but skillfully cut woodcuts as here. This undated edition corresponds with the below-cited ICCU record in its pagination and fingerprints but several mispaginations described in ICCU were here corrected. The ICCU editors note two variants one with the place of publication given as Bassano only and this state or issue with imprint “In Venetia et in Bassano” dubbed variant B. ICCU ITICCULO1E04628; cf. M. Infelise I Remondini di Bassano 1980 pp. 23-33 and 132-3. Gio. Antonio Remondini unknown books
1920réf. 104556Berlin: Amsler & Ruthart. Fine. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Nine laid and matted wood engravings in black ink on japan paper by artist Erich Glas 1897-1973 depicting eight fables from Aesop/Phaedrus. Each engraving is signed at lower margin by the artist. Prints and tilte page / colophon page also signed by the artist are laid in publisher's portfolio bound in 1/2 linen over hand made paper cover boards. An edition of 50 copies this being #34. In fine condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Amsler & Ruthart hardcover
1773réf. 1243— Paris : Alex. Le Prieur, 1773. Grand in-8, 223 x 150 : (2 ff). le premier blanc, frontispice, 43 pp., 4 planches. — Maroquin havane du XIXème siècle, trois filets en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs richement orné, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (A. Motte).
1997réf. DADAX0893754714Brand: Troll Communications 1997-01-13. 2. paperback. New. 7.25x0.25x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Troll Communications paperback
1820réf. 964P43Newcastle; London: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. Leather. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 9" by 6". Thomas Bewick; John Bewick. A finely bound copy of Bewick brother's edition of Aesop complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. In a beautiful quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boards in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase a lovely unsigned binding by Eric Sweet with renewed endpapers. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition.Pages have been washed presenting an uncommonly bright copy of this sought after work.Thomas and John Bewick's edition of Aesop's 'Fables'.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title four portrait plates and woodcut vignettes throughout. Collated complete though the endpapers have been renewed. 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.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 quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boards in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally fine. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Fine S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy hardcover
1784réf. ABC_45444Zweibrücken 1784. 8vo. Sprinkled paper over boards red sprinkled edges. With a strange engraving showing a fantastic creature with a roosters head a man in his belly a rams head for an ass stepping on a fish with a rabbit in the background in an oval with the inscription Agostini on the title-page. 2 LII 232 pp. The well printed celebrated "Biponti society" edition of Phaedrus part of a renowned series of Greek and Latin texts published in the German city of Zweibrücken Biponti a town near Sarbrücken starting in 1779. The edition is partly based on the edition of Johann Albert Fabricius 1621-1736 as edited by Johann August Ernesti 1707-1781. Ultimately however the starting point of the edition was the Petrus Burman recension with notes by Gudius and with fables added from the Romulus the Niccolò Perotti 1430-1480 appendix and others as well as the Avianus and Anonymous i.e. "Anonymous Neveleti" fables mentioned. The book also contains the Vita Phaedri by Johannes Scheffer 1621-1679 and the "Notitia literaria de Phaedro ex Jo. Alb. Fabricii Bibliotheca Latina" by the editor Ernesti pp. xiii-lii and "De Anonymus vetere fabularum auctore. latin. ed Ernesti" also by the editor.Top and bottom of spine bumped.l Schwabe/Barbier 111-112. LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS Fable Books hardcover
1773réf. ALDR0510A Coppenhague (Kopenhagen), Chez les Heritiers De Rothe Et Proft 1773. 8°. Gest. Frontisp. S. 3-478, mit 1 gest. Taf. u. 58 (v. 59) gez., gest. Taf. (Taf. 30 fehlt), 5 nn. Bll., Titelblatt in Rot- u. Schwarzdruck, mit gestochener Vignette, sowie Kopfstücken, Initialen, Schlussvignetten u. kleinen Ziervignetten. Halblederband aus neuerer Zeit, Rückenschildchen schwarzgeprägt, Zierlinien am Rücken goldgeprägt, Einbanddeckel marmoriert, Vorsatz erneuert. Frontispiz u. Titelblatt fleckig, Seiten gebräunt bzw. braunfleckig. Mit einigen Zahlen von alter Hand am vorderen Schmutzumschlag avers. Hoffmann 1,88,1757. Vgl. VD18 13076795 (Ausg. Berlin 1751). NBG 5,239f. - von Jean Baptist Morvan de Bellegarde (1648-1734) übersetzte, erstmals 1708 in Amsterdam herausgegebene Fabelsammlung mit Fabeln von Aesop (ca. 6 Jh. v. Chr.), F. Philelphus (1398-1481) u. a. Es können Ausgaben mit der gleichen Titelblattvignette und den gleichen Illustrationstafeln aber verschiedenen Druckjahren und Druckorten nachgewiesen werden (vgl. u. a. Ausg. Berlin 1751). Das Frontispiz soll von Johann Michael Stock (1737-1773), Kupferstecher und Zeichner, der Goethe in Holzschnitt und Kupferstich unterrichtete, stammen, die Illustrationstafeln wurden von Georg Paul Busch (gest. 1756) gearbeitet (Vgl. Thieme-B. 5,281 u. 32,72). Die fehlende Tafel liegt in Kopie bei. [3 Warenabbildungen]
réf. 109568Amstelodami, apud Johannem Janssonium à Waesberge & Viduam Elizei Weyerstraet, 1667, 1 volume in-12 de 185x105x40 mm environ, 1f.blanc, titre-frontispice gravé par Hagens, 31 ff.-462-1f.b.-titre-102 ff. (Index)-3 ff.blancs, un ex-libris gravé sur le premier contreplat et un autre sur l'avant dernier feuillet blanc, reliure muette en parchemin crème ancien, tranches mouchetées de rouge et brun. Ouvrage illustré de 1 frontispice de Hagens et 103 vignettes dans le texte.Quelques auréoles sur le parchemin, rares petites rousseurs, bon état. Première édition illustrée hollandaise, complète des 275 à 281 mais les vignettes ont été tachées d'encre car licencieuses.
1818réf. 964P41Newcastle; London: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818. Leather. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5"; 8.5" by 6". Thomas Bewick. A Riviere bound copy of Bewick's Aesop an important work by the noted woodcutter in a smart tree calf binding and held in a custom chemise and slipcase. Bound by Riviere.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both of which are in a fine condition.The Royal Octavo issue variant A with the 'Auld Clouty' vignette to the tail of page xvi and "road of honour and honesty" to the final line of page 248. Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick.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.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. In a rebacked tree calf binding bound by Riviere in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally smart. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with only a few scattered spots. Chemise and clamshell are both in a fine condition. Near Fine E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
1894réf. 962F19London: Macmillan & Co 1894 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 11.5" by 8.5". Richard Heighway. The very scarce large paper limited edition of Joseph Jacob's reworking on Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway. A very scarce large paper first edition limited to one-hundred unnumbered copies.Illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway with a frontispiece and with vignette illustrations to majority of leaves.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work. In this volume these tales are retold by noted folklorist Joseph Jacobs who also traces their fascinating history. With the armorial bookplate of A S Marsden-Smedley to the front pastedown. Housed in a cloth clamshell case.The leaves of this volume have been washed.A very scarce late nineteenth century limited edition. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Light fading to back strip otherwise externally excellent. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Majority of leaves unopened to head. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover
1747réf. 963Z7London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts 1747. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4". None stated. A beautifully bound copy of the very scarce fifth edition of Samuel Croxall's renowned edition of Aesop's fables adorned with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in half crushed morocco with a clamshell casing. The fifth 'Samuel Croxall' edition. All early Croxall copies are very scarce.Beautifully bound with Eric Sweet in crushed half morocco with decorative paper to the boards and housed in a cloth clamshell box. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Eric Sweet was 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.Illustrated with a wood engraved frontispiece and wood engraved vignettes. 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 modern crushed half morocco with decorative paper to the boards and a cloth chamshell box. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely with minimal marks to the paper. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean washed pages. The clamshell is lovely with only slight fading to the spine. Fine J. and R. Tonson, and J. Watts hardcover
1848réf. 77948London: John Murray 1848. Hardcover. Very good. The scarce first John Tenniel edition with more than one hundred illustrations. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel’s animated designs for this edition of Aesop’s Fables that he chose the artist to illustrate Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 1865. Octavo: xxv 3 221 12 ads pp. In the publisher's patterned tan cloth binding with gilt-stamped titles and decorative blind-stamped borders. The binder's ticket appears on the rear pastedown. Occasional light foxing. Two ink gift inscriptions the first dated 1852 and the second 1909 to the front flyleaf with the small bookplate of noted book collector Anthony David Estill to the front pastedown. The spine is darkened with a few minor stains to the cloth; else very good. Housed in a custom felt-lined clamshell box. John Murray hardcover
1909réf. 60945London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. 4to.Illustrated. This is copy no. 537 of an edition limited to 750 copies signed by the illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Series of spots to cloth of front board. Slight fraying to spine ends. Early ink name to front endpaper. Internally clean. With twenty-five tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. The binding is unusual. One often sees the white buckram version but the plainness of this and the lack of gilt edges or decoration to the covers suggest it was a volume intended to forwarded to your binder to place some fancy dan affair around it. . Good. Blind-stamped Cloth. Signed Limited Edition. 1909. Hodder & Stoughton 1909 hardcover
réf. 9729Deux tomes en deux volumes in 8 plein cuir fauve raciné, titre, tomaison, fers, dorés. Tome 1 : portrait de LA FONTAINE, titre avec vignette gravée, 1 gravure hors-texte, ajoutée "la gageure des trois commères", avec légende manuscrite à la plume. Une grande vignette, une vignette en tête , 36 gravures hors-texte Une gravure ajoutée "Le cas de conscience" Tome 2 : frontispice, titre avec vignette gravée, 1 gravure ajoutée, avec légende manuscrite à la plume "Richard MINUTOLO" gravure avec le bas la robe légèrement relevé. Préface, VI, une grande vignette, une gravure en tête, 41 gravures hors-texte plus 2 gravures ajoutées. Il manque une gravure la jument de compère Pierre. Gravures non signées. Probablement d’après EISEN, regravées pour cette édition. Complet des planches : "le cas de conscience" - "le diable de Papefiguière" - "Les lunettes"- "Le Bât" (considérée comme très rare) - "Le Rossignol" (considérée comme très rare)-"Richard MINUTOLO" (avec la robe de la femme un peu relevée.Deux exemplaires -"L’autre imitation d’Anacréon" (avant la flèche) – "Alix malade" (rideaux ornés, parquet non terminé - "Féronde" (avant le bonnet) Un vers manquant, manuscrit au crayon. A Amsterdam 1767. Contrefaçon de l’édition des fermiers généraux parue 5 années, auparavant. Reliure modeste
1909réf. 962F27London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12" by 10". Edward J. Detmold. An exceptionally bright example of the first trade edition of Edward J. Detmold's vibrantly illustrated edition of the fables of Aesop. The first trade edition of Detmold's edition of the fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two further tipped in colour plates by Edward Julius Detmold a prolific late Victorian era book illustrator.Collated complete.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work. Housed in a cloth slip case. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding housed in cloth covered slip case. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail otherwise externally fine. Light spotting to endpapers with a touch of spotting to text block fore edge. Slip case fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1875réf. 34370London: Chatto & Windus 1875. Very good. Second edition of this Victorian tour de force with fine and fabulous hand-colored images of humanized animals. Eric Quayle notes that Bennett 1829-1867 had a short career which was terminated by consumption but his books were "extremely popular most passing though several editions"; this book "contains some of Bennett's finest and most vigorous work" 217. The Morgan Library's EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS also list it as a notable edition of Aesop. Bennett's compositions suggest the fine caricature of PUNCH but applied a classic work of ancient Greece. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated by Bennett with 24 full-page wood engravings hand colored including title page. 22 pages. Emboss of famed Victorian bookselling firm W.H. Smith & Son to front fly leaf. Slight lean with a bit of cracking to hinges still firm. Subtle repairs to spine ends a few spots to boards. Interior lightly foxed. Bright. Chatto & Windus unknown
1875réf. 34370London: Chatto & Windus 1875. Very good. Second edition of this Victorian tour de force with fine and fabulous hand-colored images of humanized animals. Eric Quayle notes that Bennett 1829-1867 had a short career which was terminated by consumption but his books were "extremely popular most passing though several editions"; this book "contains some of Bennett's finest and most vigorous work" 217. The Morgan Library's EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND THEIR ILLUSTRATORS also list it as a notable edition of Aesop. Bennett's compositions suggest the fine caricature of PUNCH but applied a classic work of ancient Greece. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated by Bennett with 24 full-page wood engravings hand colored including title page. 22 pages. Emboss of famed Victorian bookselling firm W.H. Smith & Son to front fly leaf. Slight lean with a bit of cracking to hinges still firm. Subtle repairs to spine ends a few spots to boards. Interior lightly foxed. Bright. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1818réf. 964F64Newcastle : E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7". Thomas Bewick. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Royal 8vo with signed "thumb-mark" receipt. Variant B with Philosopher woodcut to p. xvi and last line of p.248 "road of candour and prudence". Roscoe 45b.The personal copy of Thomas Hugo an antiquarian and clergyman who was a dedicated admirer and collector of the Bewicks' woodcuts and publications. With his bookplate to the verso of the front free endpaper alongside bibliographical note.Hugo has tipped in page xvi from the Demi 8vo variant which features the suppressed engraving of "Auld Clouty".Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete.Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works. He spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions.Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work. In a handsome full morocco binding.Housed in a cloth covered clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the clamshell interior. In a full morocco binding with blind tooling housed in a cloth clamshell case. Externally excellent with a touch of rubbing to joints. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplate and tipped in note to verso of front free endpaper. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally binding strained with pages 343-346 detached and loosely inserted. Pages age toned with the odd spot or handling mark. Very Good E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
1742réf. 963Q18Parisiis : Coustelier 1742 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 3.5". Antoine Coypel . A beautifully bound eighteenth-century Latin edition of this collection of fables inspired by Aesop taken from the writings of early fabulists Phaedrus and Avianus. Beautifully bound in full calf housed in a custom cloth clamshell by Eric Sweet. Pages have been washed during the restoration process.Comprised of 'Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum' and 'Flavvi Aviani Fabularum Aesopiarum'.Two works bound together although running with a continuous pagination as is expected with this work. A collection of fables inspired by Aesop the first part originating from Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus and the second part being compiled from the writings of pagan writer Avianus. Born in the 1st century AD not much was known about Phaedrus until the discovery of a few of his manuscripts during the Renaissance when his popularity soared. He is recognised as being the first versifier of Aesop's fables into Latin. Born around AD 400 Avianus was a pagan writer of fables in Latin inspired by Babrius the author of a collection of Greek fables known today as Aesop's fables. Written in Latin. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Antoine Coypel after Fessard and five vignettes. Collated complete. Pagination error p107-p111 skipped in pagination as is expected of this edition. Restoration carried out and clamshell created 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.Label of 'Bibliothèque du Boisgeloup'. Bound in full calf housed in a custom cloth clamshell. Externally very smart with light rubbing to joints and extremities and the odd mark. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages have been washed and are bright and clean. Pagination error p107-p111 skipped in pagination as is expected of this edition. Very Good Indeed Coustelier hardcover
réf. 109491Milano Rovello date. In 8° grande brossure editoriali con trasparente. Della raffinata rivista disponiamo di una importante e perfetta collezione così composta: dal n° 1 al n° 102 consecutivi ad eccezione dei numeri 85/86 e 93/94. La rivista ha continuato ad uscire seppur con numeri doppi o anche tripli fino al numero 120 quando cessò definitivamente. E ritorna la frase che Mario Scognamiglio ripetè il giorno che chiuse anche la sua magica libreria: «Tutti mi capiscono nessuno mi ha aiutato». Il blocco unknown
1667réf. 745Amsterdam: Laurentius 1667. Hardcover. Fair. 1st edition thus of Aesop's Fables as printed by Laurentius in 1667 and including over 100 engravings; this copy with the explicit engravings pages 276 and 279 depicting a brothel unaltered which is rare due to centuries of censorship to the rather coarse illustrations. The completeness of this edition is often mentioned for its completeness as it contains ninety-two of the Phaedrus fables. Each fable is richly annotated. About Aesop's Fables - Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Bibliographic Details - Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC number 1804349 found in 13 of the world's best libraries. Richly referenced. One of my favorites for its simplicity comes from Greg Carlson the Carlson Fable Collection online and he writes of this edition: We have a title-page and the glorious frontispiece featuring a Roman Emperor Phaedrus and Aesop. Bodemann #75.1 notes the number of dedications that open the book. The illustrations for each fable are uniformly just over 3½"" by 2¾"". According to Bodemann they have few known sources. They tend to portray several phases of a fable at once; for example on 43 we see in the foreground the stag admiring his image in the water. Further back and to the right we see the dogs catching the stag as the hunter stands by. Similarly we see both phases of FS on 78. The illustrations are strong and well preserved. They were printed in a separate phase from the texts as is clear for example on 25 where the illustration overlaps the bottom of the title. I seem to remember many of the images from various sources like the dramatic pose of the Aesop statue on 128. Page 194 has a second illustration pasted in over the original illustration for III 12 ""Pullus ad Margaritam."" The same on 205 for ""Canis ad Agnum"" III 15. Several fables like V 2 seem to have some lines expurgated and replaced with asterisks. I am unsure why. The fables are followed by significant sections of ""Variae Lectiones"" ""Notae Guyeti"" ""Vocabulorum"" and an ""Index Rerum et Verborum."" The final page has a list of errata. Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 11.5 x 19 x 3.5 cm. Mottled leather binding of the 18th century style. Boards with a single gilt fillet frame. Spine with four raised bands; four compartments with a central gilt flower stamp and one with the title in gilt but the gilt is largely lost as the mottling has reduced the outer layer of the leather. The text block edges are sprinkled red. Top-edge is darkened. Double endbands of white and blue. Illustrated; bibliographies record 103 engravings. I did personally check the collation signed numbers at the bottom of each page and this copy is complete including the often lost two blank leaves at the rear I shined a light through to make sure they matched the 6th leaf in the gathering. Pages - 32 leaves of prefatory material signed to 8 462 numbered pages ending on Ff7verso leaves signed Ff8 to end TT8 are index. Collation - to 8 A-Z8 Aa-Tt8 Condition - See pictures. Some loss of leather where mottled some loss of gilt. Still the binding is performing well. Some small wear to leather at board edges. Rubbing on back board. Start of a crack at ends of joints. Hinge is cracked inside exposing ties/crash at gutter. Pastedown and flyleaf with pasted stamped written and erased bibliographic and shelf mark annotations. Blank bookbinder's endpaper shaken slightly loose and proud. Text block with some toning and occasional rust spots candle ember mark and thumb throughout. Top corner Y3 chipped away no text affected. Small ink spot along fore-edge at rear; just shows on printed page fore-edge margin. Mostly a nice copy; very few thumbs I saw just several no page edge chips and no annotations. Laurentius
1598réf. 762Leiden: Plantin Leiden 1598. Softcover. Fair. 2nd printing of the ancient Phaedrus' version of Aesop following the 1596 editio princeps printed from a manuscript found by Pithou; this edition with the added annotations of leading scholars. This copy with the sections mentioned by Brunet as not found in all copies. Brunet and Moss Manual of Classical Bibliography 1837 both note this edition as scarce. Also bound at the rear is a second work with its own title page and collation also printed in 1598 at the same printer Plantin Leiden with additional moralistic works of Publilius Syri Selectae Sententiae and Cato Distichs here titled Disticha de Moribus. In addition to its significance as the first scholarly edition of Phaedrus this collection of works is a wonderful selection of the ancient moral works studied by 16th century students. Several of the works are printed in both Greek and Latin. Bibliographic Details of Phaedrus - Universal Short Title Catalogue USTC number 424160 Catalogued by Brunet on column 587 of the 1921 Manuel du Libraire. Volume 4. Bibliographic Details of Syri/Cato - USTC number 423981; 35 copies recorded. Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 16 x 10 x 2 cm. Gatherings of eight octavo Softcover vellum wrap with Yapp edges. Faded title on spine in old hand. Text block edges sprinkled red. Two full title pages with printers marks. Several works with Greek and Latin parallel texts see works noted below. 1598 Fabularum Aesopiarum Pages 1-191 1 Collation A-M8 Fabellae & Aenigmata Greek and Latin text Pages 1-55 1 Collation a-c8 d4 Aenigmata Symposii Poetae Veteris No pagination Collation EE8 one gathering 2nd work with title page - 1598 Publii Syri Mimi Selectae Sententiae Greek and Latin text Pages 1-80 Collation A-E8 Condition - See pictures. It seems someone applied polish to the vellum which gives it a slightly odd feel. One spine cord broken near front-top of spine. Front hinge cracked which leaves first five gatherings somewhat proud; 1st four gatherings are holding on at bottom cord and fifth gathering is loose. Six and seventh gatherings F and G also feel shaken. Ex libris bookseller etc. annotations to pastedown and title page. No binders endpapers. Text block with some toning throughout; occasional fox spot page-edge chip ink spot and thumb. Title page also with library stamp strikethrough year in old hand at bottom of page and an incision where a name was removed. Occasional underlining to text and annotation throughout. Plantin, Leiden
1786réf. 1114London: J. Dodsley 1786. A New Edition. VG. Aesop; Robert Dodsley. Selected Fables of Esop Aesop and Other Fabulists in Three Books London: Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-mall 1786. A New Edition. 12mo;7"x4.25"contemporary calf boards rebacked with sympathetic spine ruled in gilt with oxblood leather title label; dark topstain; lx; 228; 24pp.; illustrations including frontis; three books in one with continuous pagination collated and complete. Light wear to edges of boards with a few scuffs and smudges; exposure to hinges but binding sound; contemporary ownership inscription to preliminaries; light toning and spotting to endpapers else unmarked. A Very Good copy of this popular collection of fables including Ancient Modern and Original tales as well as a life of Aesop and an essay on fable. J. Dodsley unknown
1913réf. 962F26Paris: Hachette et Cie 1913 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 10.5". Arthur Rackham. A wonderful example of this signed limited edition of the fables of Aesop the first French language edition of these fables to feature the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. A signed limited edition with this being number 151 of 430 printed on wove paper and flat signed by Rackham himself.The first French language edition of Aesop's fables to feature the illustrations of Rackham. Rackham is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration.Illustrated with thirteen tipped in colour plates and further monochrome vignette and full page illustrations. Collated complete.Small ink stamp of the number 'VI 10881' to the front free endpaper tail.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work. Housed in a felt-lined chemise and slip case. In the publisher's original cloth binding housed in a cloth chemise - lined in felt - and slip case. Back strip lightly age toned with faint handling marks to perimeters of front board. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Small stamp to front free endpaper tail. Slip case and chemise in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with light offsetting to text leaves facing plates and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Hachette et Cie hardcover
