Aesop; Samuel Croxall [trans]Biblio.com
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1825réf. 962F35London: C. and J. Rivington et al. 1825 . Leather. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco this is a charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century edition of Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. The twenty-second Croxall edition of Aesop's fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and with vignette woodcuts throughout.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for his translation of Aesop's Fables in 1722.Endpapers renewed.With a twelve page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated April 1828.The leaves of this volume have been washed. 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. Bound by Eric Sweet in quarter morocco with marbled paper covered boards. With a corresponding cloth clamshell box identifying this as bound by Sweet in 2002. 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. In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards with cloth covered clamshell case. Externally fine with endpapers renewed. Slip case in fine condition with bookplate to the interior. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine C. and J. Rivington et al. hardcover
1820réf. 963Z8Derby: Henry Mozley and Sons 1820. Leather. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4". None stated. An excellent copy Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables illustrated with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco with a clamshell casing. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. 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.Illustrated with a monochrome wood engraved frontispiece and monochrome 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 quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards housed in a cloth clamshell box.Undated dated by the binder's date. Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards housed in a cloth clamshell box. Endpapers renewed. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine Henry Mozley and Sons 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
1722réf. 962F34DLondon: J. Tonson and J. Watts 1722 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Elisha Kirkall; G. van der Gucht. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop illustrated throughout and in a handsome full calf binding. The very scarce first Croxall translation of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece by G. Van der Gucht and with vignette woodcuts throughout by Elisha Kirkall.Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman writer and translator particularly noted for this translation of Aesop's Fables.ESTC T84707With an index to the rear.Rebacked retaining the contemporary calf boards with gilt detailing and with endpapers renewed.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 clamshell box lined with felt. Rebacked in a contemporary calf binding with gilt detailing and with endpapers renewed. Housed in a felt-lined cloth clamshell box. Externally excellent. Neat repair to front board head. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with the odd spot most concentrated to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed J. Tonson and J. Watts hardcover
1782réf. 949P42London: W. Strahan; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al 1782. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4". Not Stated. An illustrated collection of Aesop's fables his most popular moral tales an important translation by Samuel Croxall. The fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraving before each fable a total of one-hundred and ninety-six. Collated complete.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.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications. This was an oft-reprinted translation this being the twelfth edition. In a full calf binding. Externally rubbed and a little worn with loss to the front board and to the head and tail of the spine. Light marks and discolouration to the boards. Small cracks to the joints. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few scattered spots. Good Only W. Strahan; J. F. and C. Rivington; et al hardcover
1714réf. 29251London: Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1714. 6th Edition Corrected. First Printing. Unbound. Contents include: The Preface Frontispiece of portrait of LEstrange missing; Life of Aesop 29 pages; the index; Section of Fables 550 pages 548 as follows: Aesop Barlandus Anlanus Abstemius Poggius and Miscellany Fables. No. 500 missing - supplied with print-out . Covers lacking. Binding copy. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 548 pp . Sawbridge; B. Tooke; and G. Strahan 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
1931réf. 159579Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. In the original slipcase with the elusive paper-knife First Calder edition limited issue number 262 of 595 copies on Auvergne paper from a total edition of 665 scarce retaining both the slipcase and the paper-knife. The text of the present edition is based Roger L'Estrange's ground-breaking translation of Aesop's Fables 1692. Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott 1904-1977 and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler 1899-1988 in 1930. Wheeler designed this book the pale blue covers of which were made from schoolchildren's aprons Becker p. 62. The illustrator Alexander Calder came from a long line of sculptors and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926 where he befriended Marcel Duchamp Fernand Leger Joan Miró and Piet Mondrian. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Original light blue paper-covered boards front cover lettered in dark blue with Calder illustration edges untrimmed endleaves uncut. With the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase. A touch of foxing to wrappers faint offsetting from paper-knife on half-title. A near-fine copy a little wear to slipcase. David P. Becker Drawings for Book Illustration 1980. hardcover
1940réf. 29149HBDJ 1940 1st Edition THUS EARY ISSUE REPRINT VG to GOOD with some wear. Back DJ Mentions over 950 Vols ends with ZOLA Tanning to pgs Blue embossed cloth book measures 4 ¼ x 6 ¾ and exhibits slight wear in the form of small tears and small missing pieces of the dustcover The pages are intact and tight. SCUFF RUB TINY CHIPS SPINE DJ 231 PGS It consists of Aesop type fables from different sources: Caxton James Phaedrus Hitopadesa Barlandus Avianus Abstemius Pilpay Tolstoi and others. INCLUDES 2 Wallets Ant & Grasshopper Swallow & Raven Old Man & Death The Astronomer ETC EVERYMAN‘S LIBRARY DENT DUTTON LONDON made in GB hardcover
1814réf. 961P59Gainsborough: H. Mozley 1814. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4"; 7.5" by 4.5". Thomas Bewick. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables spelt as "Esop" here a smart edition with reproductions of Bewick's woodcuts. A very scarce edition of Aesop's fables published by H. Mozley in Gainsborough.Smartly bound in a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet in November 2006 with renewed endpapers. Slipcase is in a fine conditionThe fables of Aesop here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall.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.Engraved after Bewick with a head-piece to each fable. 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.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables' for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications a popular and oft-reprint translation.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.Collated bound without the final leaf of the index. In a modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth slipcase bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Neat archival repairs to the text including to the title-page and other pages of text with no loss more significant repair to page 53/54 with loss of text. Bound without the final leaf of the index. Slipcase is fine. Very Good Indeed H. Mozley hardcover
1793réf. 19695London: John Stockdale 1793. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. Gay Vol. II includes the advertisement leaf following the title page and publisher's advertisement on verso of final text leaf for an edition of Barlow's Aesop and Stockdale fables of Aesop no dates noted. Engraved title page in each volume plus 112 plates in the Aesop and 70 plates in Gay 12 by William Blake; plates with blank leaves as guards. A large paper copy bound in polished mottled calf with matching flyleaves gilt-ruled around the edges and inner dentelles gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. Interior has some light offsetting from plates as usual. First edition first issue of both works with the long "s" throughout. An exquisite set. John Stockdale unknown
2026réf. LRB36000307Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 538 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1692. Text in English. This edition presents a collection of fables attributed to Æsop and other ancient mythologists compiled and translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. The work includes moral reflections and insights offering a rich exploration of classical storytelling and its enduring philosophical themes. The fables are drawn from various sources including those by Barlandus Anianus Avianus Abstemius and Poggius providing a comprehensive anthology of ancient wisdom. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1708réf. 46353London: R. Sare Et Al. Very Good-. 1708. Hardcover. Two volumes. Contemporary panelled calf spine bands gilt decor. V1 includes the engraving of L'Estrange and after the preface the engraving of Aesop among his animals. VI: Two blanks Frontis title page preface engraving pp. 1-550; 1ad two blanks. Mild edgewear to boards outer hinges cracked but holding small losses to spine ends. Scattered foxing. V2: two blanks title page errata "to the Reader" table pp. 1-266 6pp books printed for Richard Sare. Similar condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . R. Sare, Et Al hardcover
1708réf. 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
réf. 299Verona: Officina Bodoni 1972. Limited Edition. Fine. Octavo 9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in 250 x 165 mm; 2 volume set in slipcase. Vol. 1 pp. 280 with 68 hand-colored woodcuts; Vol. 2 pp. 120. Set in Centaur type and printed on hand-made Magnani paper with goose watermark. Original morocco-backed vellum with strapwork border and title in gilt t.e.g. remaining uncut; number 146 of 160 sets; text in Latin Italian and English. Woodcut illustrations by Anna Bramanti after Liberale da Verona ALL HAND-COLOURED AFTER A COPY OF THE 1479 EDITION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY THE ATELIER DANIEL JACOMET OF PARIS list of woodcuts loosely inserted. Mardersteig 182. An exquisite and beautifully-executed edition of Aesop's FABLES richly illustrated with newly-cut wood engravings after a copy of the 1479 edition in the collection of the British Museum whose woodcuts are attributed to Liberale da Verona 1441-1526. The illustrations are beautifully carved and hand-colored with a rich scale of colors and shadings that remind us of illuminated miniatures. The Latin text comes from the Giovanni Alvise 1479 edition and was translated from the Greek by the Veronese poet Accio Zucco who possibly also used some earlier medieval translations. Each fable is followed by two sonnets by Zucco: the first tells the story Sonetto materiale and the second point the moral of the fable Sonetto morale. For this edition the Latin and Italian texts were revised by the philiologist Giovanni Battista Pighi. The second volume contains the William Caxton translation 1484 into English of the first 60 fables. The remaining 6 fables are here translated from Latin by Betty Radice. Prefatory note by Tanya and Hans Schmoller who carried out the revision of the text. Vol. 1 frontispiece: "THE FABLES OF AESOP. Printed from the Veronese edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin verses and the Italian version by Accio Zucco with the woodcuts newly engraved and coloured after a copy in the British Museum." Vol. 2 frontispiece: "The first three books of CAXTON'S AESOP containing the fables illustrated in the Verona Aesopus of MCCCLXXIX" Commenting on the making of this edition Giovanni Madersteig wrote: "At the end of the epilogue I examine the different illustrated editions of the fables printed in Italy during the fifteenth century. This comparison proves that the Verona Aesop was the model for all of them. Even the better-known Aesop from Naples printed by Tuppo contains quite a number of scenes with the same composition but in mirror image. The watermark of the goose which identifies the paper used in the first edition of the Aesop and in other Veronese books as having come from Toscolano was revived for this and other books printed at the Officina Bodoni." Barr John. The Officina Bodoni Montagnola Verona: Books Printed By Giovanni Mardersteig on the Hand Press 1923-1977. London: The British Library 1978. pp. 170-174 Giovanni Mardersteig Weimar 1892 - Verona 1977 was a printer and typographer who as head of Officina Bodoni created books exemplifying the highest standards in the art of printing. The press began in 1922 in Montagnola Switzerland and moved to Verona in 1927. It printed and published some 200 books and pamphlets including Politian's Favola d'Orfeo; Shelley's Epipsychidion Shakespeare's Tempest and Dante's Vita nuova. There are good collections in many major European and American libraries. The Bodleian Library at Oxford holds a particularly rich collection. Following Mardersteig's death in 1977 his son Martino Mardersteig took over and still occasionally used the Officina Bodoni imprint for works he printed on his father's hand-presses. Officina Bodoni unknown
réf. 1143432916.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1855réf. 15022107Boston: Brown Bazin & Co. 1855. Blindstamped red cloth gilt pictorial spine. Light cover rubbing: VG. Square 12mo. Illlustrated with wood engravings Brown, Bazin & Co. hardcover
réf. 1385708093.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1385830948.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1741réf. ABC_45418London 1741. 8vo. for Claude du Bosci and sold by C. Davis Full calf over boards with gilt double ruling along the edges of both covers ribbed spine gilt binding edges. With engraved frontispiece by Claude Du Bosc Aesop communicating with the animals 100 engraved illustrating the 100 Fables ca. 96 x 110 inspired by the fable illustrations by Marcus Gheeraerts numerous head- and tailpieces by Henry Woodfall. 2 XVI 190 2 VI 3-191 pp. First edition of this lovely printed collection of the famous 100 Aesop fables originally translated in elegant Latin verses by Gabriel Faerno 1563 and now translated into English and French verses by Claude Du Bosc and Charles Perrault.Pope Pius IV convinced that reading the fables of Aesop was of great use in forming the morals of young children commissioned Gabriel Faerno whom he knew as an excellent poet as well as a man with a taste for elegant and beautiful Latinity to versify these fables so that children might learn at the same time and from the same book both moral and linguistic purity. Faerno 1510-1561 a scrupulous scholar and Latin poet from Cremona has been called a second Phaedrus by reason of the excellent style of his Fables though he never saw Phaedrus who did not come to our knowledge till above thirty years after his death.The French translation by Perrault had been published in 1699 for the first time.With ownerships entries in ink of Charlotte Biddulph one dated 1819. Hinges weak corners bumped slightly stained.l Bodemann 119.1; cf. 33.1 not in Fabula docet. hardcover
réf. 173Paris, Furne et Cie, 1842-1843. 2 volumes in-8 (235 x 160 mm), reliure de l'époque en demi-maroquin vert, dos orné de filets dorés, plats de percaline verte ornée d'un filet d'encadrement dorés. 240 ILLUSTRATIONS DE J.J. GRANVILLE gravées par les meilleurs artistes du temps. Les hors-textes sont légendés en semi-gothique. Avec une vie d'Ésope.
1851réf. 72786Philadelphia:: Hogan & Thompson 1851. Added illustrated title page;. Hogan & Thompson, unknown
1944réf. 107528Transatlanic Arts. 1944. Transatlantic Arts. 1944. First edition. Slim 4to hardback with DW. Illustrated in colour. Extremities slightly worn with corners bumped otherwise a lovely copy in a worn wrapper with small marks and a tear to rear cover. hardcover
1944réf. 963T6New York: Transatlantic Arts 1944. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Arnrid Johnston. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop and others. First edition illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with twenty-three colour images. Collated complete. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Including stories such as: The Fox and the Crow The Lion and the Mouse and The Fox and the Grapes amongst others. Illustrated by Arnrid Banniza Johnston a Swedish sculptor and illustrator who spent the majority of her life and career in Britain. Dated from the British Library. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark with light loss to the tail of the spine and panel edges. The odd closed tear has been sympathetically repaired with tape to the internal side of the wrapper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good Transatlantic Arts hardcover
1976réf. 6000Winchester: Winchester College Printing Society 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Translated by James Sabben-Clare and illustrated with very fine woodcuts by Richard Atkinson-Willes. A limited editon of 400 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Sabben-Care and Atikinson Willes. This in no 93. To commemorate the quingentenary of the arrival of Wiliam Caxton in England. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Front board has light shading and markings and the edges are rubbed. Internally in very good condtion. 4to. shared 50/50 with Colin Barkham 1976 Winchester College Printing Society hardcover
