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rif. 120255À Épinal chez Pellerin Imprimeur-Libraire. non daté vers 1850. 69 pages. 16x10 Cm. Broché couvertures de papier vert illustrée sur la dernière du portrait du fabuliste. Manques au dos. Cette édition des Fables d'Ésope mise en français avec un sens moral en quatre vers et illustrée d'une figure par fable propose une nouvelle mouture revue corrigée et augmentée de la Vie d'Ésope dédiée à la jeunesse. Imprimée à Épinal chez Pellerin vers 1850 elle s'inscrit dans la tradition des imagiers nancéiens spécialisés dans les livres populaires accessibles et moralisateurs au XIXe siècle. Ésope fabuliste grec antique dont la vie légendaire est rapportée dès l'Antiquité sans dates précises de naissance ou de mort incarne la sagesse populaire par ses apologues concis transmettant des leçons éthiques simples. Quelques taches. Papier bruni. Sinon exemplaire bien conservé. À Épinal, chez Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire. non daté (vers 1850). unknown
1814rif. 78613Philadelphia:: Printed by James Maxwell 1814. The Second Edition Improved. . old full sheep. Old ink names on the front pastedown; text age-toned throughout; boards a little bowed and leather scuffed; corners rounded; tight and sound. 12mo. With an English Translation as Literal as Possible Answering line for line throughout the Roman and Italic characters being alternately used; so that it is next to an impossibility for the student to mistake. With a Compend of Latin Prosody. Printed by James Maxwell, hardcover
rif. ria9780252031922_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
rif. 103321Amsterdam R & j. Wetstenois & G. Smith 1727. Gr.8° Kupferstichfronti.14 Bl. 444 S. 80 Bl Index; Kupferstichfronti. 87 S. ca 40 Bl Index Perg. der Zeit mit beiseitigem Supralibros Hagae Comitis Deckel angeschmutzt u. min. fleckig Frontdeckel etwas verzogen. Fronti. Titelbl. u. 3 weiter Blätte etwas wasserrändig min stockfl. Index papierbedingt gebräunt - sonst gutes Ex. Lat. Ausgabe. Mit gedrucktem Widmungsblatt an Friedrich Ludwig Prince of Wales 31. Januar 1707 in Hannover; † 20. Märzjul. / 31. März 1751greg. in St James’s Palace dem älteste Sohn König Georgs II. von Großbritannien und dessen Ehefrau Caroline von Brandenburg-Ansbach. Er war der Vater König Georgs III. aus dem Haus Hannover.Die Widmung wurde von Richard Bentley 27. Januar 1662 in Oulton bei Leeds Yorkshire; † 14. Juli 1742 in Cambridge englischer klassischer Philologe und Textkritiker verfasst. 010 Amsterdam, R & j. Wetstenois & G. Smith, 1727 unknown
1743rif. 19742Paris: Claude-Charles Thiboust 1743. Contemporary mottled sheepskin sewn on 5 cords gold-tooled spine with label in 2nd of 6 compartments gold fillets on board edges red edges green ribbon marker. 4to 25.5 x 20.5 cm. With an etched and engraved frontispiece showing Aesop surrounded by his students and a couple children above and a peaceful group of animals below including a lion elephant monkey mink eagle fox ox and mountain goat; and 139 half-page etched fable illustrations in the text 9 x 11 cm one for each of the 139 numbered fables all 140 copperplates etched and engraved by Aegidius Sadeler the frontispiece signed for Theatrum morum Prague 1608: 124 close copies in mirror image of those by Marcus Gheeraerts 15 added by Sadeler plus the title-plate with title removed. Further with numerous woodcut headpieces tailpieces and decorated initials. The third French Aesop adaptation to use the 140 plates originally etched by Aegidius or Gilles Sadeler ca. 1568/70-1629 for his Theatrum morum Prague 1608 here reordered and with a new prose text probably written by Henri-François d'Aguesseau 1668-1751 Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750. The etching for fable 117 shows an American buffalo bizon the earliest image that really looks like the animal familiar to us today. "These added designs by Sadeler are highlights in the history of book illustration" Hodnett p. 39.With a 20th-century bookplate and ink stamps. The copper plate for fable 90 had lost much of its detail and some others show slight degradation but in general they remained in good condition and are also well printed. The corner of 1 leaf has been torn off and there is an occasional small marginal tear or faint stain but the book remains in good condition and has large margins. The binding is chipped and cracked at top of the spine and shows a few smaller defects but is also in good condition. A late showing of 140 of the best illustrations in the Aesop tradition etched and engraved in 1608.l Hodnett Marcus Gheeraerts pp. 38-41; Hollstein XXI p. 80; Smith Het schouwtoneel der dieren pp. 39-41. Claude-Charles Thiboust, unknown
1856rif. 76772Boston:: J. Buffum 1856. publisher's tan cloth extra gilt on the spine and front cover; a.e.g. Some smudges and light stains to some text pages; light use to cloth; tight and sound. 16mo. Illustrated from engravings. J. Buffum, hardcover
rif. 76753Boston:: G. W. Cottrell no date 19th c. publisher's gilt cloth; gilt spine; a.e.g. Light rubbing to the cloth; clean tight and sound. Approx. 3-7/8 x 3 inches. Engraved frontispiece; engraved vignette on title page and numerous engraved plates. G. W. Cottrell, hardcover
1863rif. 77082New York:: The World Publishing House 1863. publisher's plum cloth with gilt vignette on front panel and elaborately gilt spine. Faint 1866 pencil ownership signature; spine uniformly sunned but gold decoration bright. Clean tight and sound. . 12mo. Illustrated by One Hundred and Thirty Engravings. The World Publishing House, hardcover
1848rif. 76957New York:: Collins & Brother ca. 1848. publisher's cloth. . Occasional spotting to text; gold lettering on spine quite dull; tight and sound. 12mo. With more than Fifty Illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Collins & Brother, hardcover
1857rif. 77425New York:: Leavitt & Allen 1857. publisher's embossed cloth; gilt spine. 1857 pencil gift inscription; cloth a bit sunned; gold on spine dulled; tight and sound. 12mo. With more than sixty illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Leavitt & Allen, hardcover
1743rif. 77478Bassano:: Ex Typographia Remondini 1743. contemporary limp vellum. Some gatherings starting; vellum quite soiled. . 12mo. Woodcut illustrations; printer's device on title page. Ex Typographia Remondini, hardcover
1776rif. 77475Rouen:: Chez Richard Lallemant 1776. Nouvelle Edition revue corigee & augmentee de la Vie d'Esope avec Figures & les Quatrains de Benserade. old full calf; gilt-decorated spine but gilt-lettered spine label absent. Inoffensive light staining to a few pages; text quite attractive. Shallow chipping to the extremities of the spine and corners; tight and sound. 12mo. Illustrated throughout from half-page woodcut text illustrations; frontispiece portrait d'Esope. Title page in red and black. Chez Richard Lallemant, unknown
1895rif. 77609London:: J. M. Dent & Co. at Aldine House 1895. publisher's gilt pictorial cloth; gilt spine; t.e.g. with remnants of ribbon ties at fore-edge. Slight tanning to the illustrated endsheets; cloth soiled. 12mo. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. The Banbury Cross Series. J. M. Dent & Co. at Aldine House, hardcover
1708rif. ABC_47441A Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier 1708. Marbled half-morocco binding with gold tooling to spine five raised bands with title in gold second compartment. 12mo. With an engraved frontispiece showing Aesop standing on a gallery holding an armillary sphere hunting horn and spear surrounded by a mixed crowd including children with a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying below 117 half-page engravings 65 x 8 cm for the 117 numbered Aesop fables initials endpieces. Two parts in one volume Rare and beautifully illustrated edition of 117 Aesop's fables in French each with an extensive discussion of the moral followed by a four-line verse by Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde. He adds French prose translations of further fables without illustrations: 18 numbered fables by the Renaissance Italian humanist poet and scholar Francesco Filelfo or Philelphus 1398-1481 translated from the Latin verse; 37 fables based on Aesop by Gabrias and Avienus translated from the Latin verse; two longer fables: the "Battle of the cats and the rats" and the "Battle of the rats and the frogs"; five Aesop "tales" taken from Plato's dialogue Protagoras; six numbered "poetical fables" with Olympian Gods as protagonists; and finally three more "tales" the first from Herodotus and the last from Gerbellius.Light wear to binding some pencil notes to endpaper and throughout repairs to title page not affecting the text. With en exlibris of Georges Jal.l STCN 334560683 1 copy Bodemann 97.1 Landwehr Emblem & fable books F062 WorldCat 42461403 3 copies. Chez Pierre Mortier, hardcover
rif. 100164o. O. Ars Magna Editorial 2001. Faksimilebd. 33 x 24 cm: 280 Bl.; Kommentarbd.: 376 S. zahlr. Abb. Faksimile.: OLdr. geprägt; Kommentarbd.: OLwd. Deckel des Faks. etwas berieben Rückenschild mit kleiner Fehlstelle sonst tadell. Kommentarband tadell. Commentary by Pedro Badenas Rita de Tata Josefina Planas Text: engl. /spanish.Aesop's Fables translated in latin by Gualterius Anglicus. Gualterus Anglicus Medieval Latin for Walter the Englishman was an Anglo-Norman poet and scribe who produced a seminal version of Aesop's Fables in distichs around the year 1175. With its 146 intensely colored miniatures arranged in frames this fourteenth-century manuscript is a splendid Gothic edition of Aesop's fables. The Latin text in Gothic script adorned with decorated initials and borders tells about animals speaking and behaving like humans. 010 o. O., Ars Magna Editorial, 2001 unknown
1921rif. 76331Boston:: LeRoy Phillips 1921. publisher's red cloth lettered in black in dust jacket with applied color illustration on front panel. Old bookplate; endsheets uniformly lightly tanned; otherwise fine in a jacket with a sunned spine and some very slight use. . 12mo. Illustrated by Oliver Hereford frontispiece in color. LeRoy Phillips, hardcover
1818rif. 75623Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. First edition; Royal octavo issue; Variant B. contemporary old polished calf; all edges marbled; both covers detached and spine absent. Three attractive old bookplates on pastedown; aside from the binding flaws noted a very attractive copy. . 8vo. Added engraved frontispiece portrait; illustrated throughout from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Roscoe 45b. With the "thumb-mark receipt" page with printed facsimile signatures of Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliott Bewick and seaweed in red over wood-engraved landscape bound before title. This is one of the few copies that bear the autograph signature of Thomas Bewick above the thumb-mark. Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son, unknown
rif. 75728New York:: Robert B. Collins no date 19th c. publisher's cloth; gilt spine and gilt emblem on front panel; a.e.g. 19th c. ink gift inscription on front pastedown; another old gift inscription in pencil at head of title page; light foxing to text throughout; cloth sunned with light wear. . 8vo. With more than Fifty Illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Robert B. Collins, hardcover
1998rif. 47632Folio Society 1998 2004. 8vo. with coloured frontispiece coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; orange cloth upper board blocked and lettered in red and black gilt back green top green endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
1919rif. 75838Chicago:: Rand McNally & Co. 1919. First edition. publisher's olive cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. Ink gift inscription at the head of the illustrated front free endpaper; text block slightly over-opened and several openings; contents very nice. Light spotting and rubbing to the applied color illustration on the front panel. Folio. With Pictures in color by Milo Winter. Rand McNally & Co., hardcover
rif. 46263o. Angaben 1967. 4° 29 x 15.5 cm 80 S. 36 Orig.-Holzschnitte als Vollbilder Brosch. m. OU u. Transparent-OU Tadellos. EA. Ex. Nr. 38 von insgesamt 200 Exempl. = 6. Angelus-Druck. Vom Künstler im Impressum signiert. Gestaltung von Max Caflisch. 010 o. Angaben, 1967 unknown
rif. 75443London:: Hodder and Stoughton no date. publisher's illustrated green gilt-lettered cloth. Endsheets slightly tanned; 2" split to the paper of the rear inner hinge still sound; spine tanned with light rubbing to extremities. The plates and text are fine. 8vo. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 22 tipped-in color illustrations by Edward J. Detmold. Hodder and Stoughton, hardcover
1815rif. 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
1843rif. 74759Philadelphia and New Haven:: Smith and Peck; Durrie and Peck 1843. publisher's cloth with gilt spine and gilt emblem on front cover; a.e.g. 19th c. ink gift inscription; very slight use to cloth. About 3-1/4 x 2-3/4 inches. Illustrated from engravings. Smith and Peck; Durrie and Peck, hardcover
