1810Best.-Nr. 50128Leipzig Weigel 1810. 8vo. Contemp. modest hcloth with handwritten papertitle on spine. 2CCXXXVIII1721801642 pp. A small tear at foot of title-page repaired no loss. Internally fine printed on good paper. Text in Greek and Latin. Second printing the best of De Furia's noted edition. "Reprinted at Leipzig the offered item in a very handsome and more copious manner in the following year 1810. This beautiful and elaborate editions presents us with the Fables of Æsop before they had been corrupted as is supposd by their first editor Planudes. The text is taken from a celebrated and very ancient MS preserved at Florence in the Library of the Cassini Monks; written in a different style and greatly departing from the received text. This appears to be upon the whole the very best edition of Æsop extant." Dibdin I p. 252. hardcover
1768Best.-Nr. ABC_45190Mannheim: Typis Academicis 1768. Contemporary vellum with spine label red edges. 8vo. With a frontispiece and 15 engraved plates by Egid Verhelst 1733-1804. 2 parts in 1 volume. First illustrated edition of the vast complete collection of Aesop fables arranged in 15 books to give a total of 532 fables in Latin verse with extensive footnotes brought together by Francois Joseph Terrasse Desbillons 1711-1789 a Jesuit and poet from Chateauneuf who studied with the Jesuits at Bourges and who became a professor of rhetoric in Nevers and Caen. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in France he moved to Mannheim. Earlier editions containing fewer fables appeared in Glasgow published by the famous printers Robert and Agnew Foulis in 8vo 1754 first edition and in Paris by Guerin & Delatour 1756 second edition. J. Barbou in Paris also published editions with fewer fables around 1750.With the armorial bookplate of Duke R.H. St. Maur on front paste-down. A very good and clean copy.l Bodemann 152.1; not in Fabula docet. Typis Academicis, hardcover
1653Best.-Nr. 000384Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium 1653. Period Calf. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium 1653 dated in apostrophic Roman numerals. Engravings. 12mo; full calf with some tooling see scan. Accompanied by two simple later handmade paper protective jackets. Rubbed soiling shelfwear; binding broken exposing interior of spine. Two previous owner's inscriptions on ffep Josephus Stephani Dedit Hosepho de Villis 1675; Matt Kenrid 1748. Fair to About Good. See scans. Also: 'Eae item quas Avienus carmine espresit. Accedit Ranarum & Murium Pugna Homero olim ascripta. Cum elegantisimis in utroque libello Figuris & utriusque Interpretatione plurimus in Iocisemendata. Exdecreto D.D. Hollandae Ordinum in ufum Scholarum.' Rare 17th century specimen of Aesop's fables published by 17th Century Amsterdam publisher Joannem Janssonium. Fables here presented in Greek and Latin on opposing pages with engraving illustrations. Fragile and precious example no doubt one for the children of the time judging from the illustrations. See scans. L51 Joannem Janssonium unknown
1632Best.-Nr. F6HD0MAV59JYLeiden 1632. 8vo. Joannes Maire Contemporary vellum sewn at three stations but with 2 tanned leather thongs laced through the joints each board with a panel stamp 59 x 50 mm of the Amersfoort coat of arms in a circular laurel wreath in a rectangle with winged angel heads in each corner in a frame of double filets. Most endpapers later. With Maire's woodcut "fac et spera" device on title-page Breugelmans Maire device 10 47 woodcut illustrations 5 x 6.5 cm by Christoffel van Sichem II in the text and 3 woodcut decorated initials 2 series. Set in Greek and roman types with extensive italic. 158 2 pp. Rare second edition one of three dated "1632" of a popular Greek and Latin school book edited by the famous Dutch neo-Latin poet humanist and Leiden Professor of Greek Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655 with 47 beautiful woodcut illustrations by Christoffel van Sichem II. Aesop's fables were prescribed by the States of Holland in the Hollandsche schoolordre of 1625 as one of the books to be read in the 3rd class. Christoffel van Sichem II ca. 1577-1658 the second of several woodcut artists in that family studied with Jacques de Gheyn and was one of the leading Dutch book illustrators in the first half of the 17th century. Although the book has no prize certificate or inscription and no owner's name the coat-of-arms of the city of Amersfoort on the binding of a school book strongly suggests a prize binding for a student at the Amersfoort Latin school. With an occasional contemporary manuscript note in Greek and Latin. With a small dark stain in the lower inside corner of the foot margin of many leaves not approaching the text and with very slight browning throughout but still in good condition. The vellum of the binding is dirty and slightly rubbed but also good.l Landwehr Emblem & fable books F025 2 copies; Hollstein XXVII Van Sichem II 31; for the panel-stamp: Spoelder Prijsboeken Amersfoort 1. hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9782322171194Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9782322171194Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. 2322171190.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1982Best.-Nr. BN521211Acorn Press Limited Editions 1982. 1982. Fables: Selection Fables: Selection Aesop Acorn Press Limited Editions unknown
Best.-Nr. 0679417907.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 91757nd c1950. Ward Lock London. nd c1950. 4to. Hardback with colour-printed paper-covered boards. 176 pages. Extremities a little rubbed and worn; inscription to front free end-paper. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 003689Rochester: Press of the Good Mountain 1960. Soft cover. Very Good. Small octavo. 36 iipp. Printed in red-and-black. Typography by James Hall Brennan. Printed paper wrappers. With illustrations by Jennifer Kelly Brennan some in color. OCLC records only 3 copies at RIT Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester: Press of the Good Mountain, 1960. paperback
1931Best.-Nr. 183084Paris & New York: Harrison Minton Balch and Company 1931. With an original signed drawing First edition limited issue number XXVII of 50 copies with a tipped-in original published drawing signed by the artist. The drawing in this copy is from the Cock and Diamond fable. The text of the present edition is based on Roger L'Estrange's 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. 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 with line drawings by Alexander Calder on Guarro's Spanish pure rag paper with coloured silk threads. Original paper-covered boards front cover lettered in black edges untrimmed endleaves uncut. With the original glassine dust jacket and the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase with printed label to front cover. A few small marks to boards; glassine jacket a little chipped tape repair to rear jacket; slipcase a little toned: a near-fine copy. hardcover
1699Best.-Nr. 1345219London: printed for R. Sare B. Took M. Gillyflower A. & J. Churchil G. Sawbridge and H. Hindmarsh 1699. Third Edition. Hardcover. Folio 12 28 8 476 pages; VG-. Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period style calf. Spine lightly sun-faded. With frontis. portrait pi1v; Includes indices. Minor physical damage to middle of fore edge of text block going in approximately 1/8 inch at most does not impact text. Archival repair to portrait and frontispiece minimal loss to edges. Marginalia to c5. small piece missing from upper fore corner of X1 closed tear to middle of Tt1 small tidemark to upper fore corner of Zz4 small open tear to upper edge of Aaa3. JR Consignment. Shelved Room A Oversize. Oversized items. Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller for additional information. Lacking part 2. Wing A709.; Includes fables by Barlandus Avianus Abstemius Poggius and others;. 1345219. Special Collections - Upstairs. printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and H. Hindmarsh hardcover books
1793Best.-Nr. 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 books
1931Best.-Nr. 215926Paris: Harrison 1931. Limited. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Calder Alexander. Illustrated with fifty drawings by Alexander Calder. 124pp. Tall thin 8vo original boards with blue printed d.w wrappers slightly foxed; uncut edges 2-piece red board slipcase is broken. Paris: Harrison of Paris 1931. A near fine copy in a good slipcase. From a total edition of 615 copies printed on Auvergne hand-made paper this is one of only 20 marked "not for sale". The fifth publication of Harrison of Paris. Harrison unknown books
1869344 p. Illustrated by numerous woodcuts. Foxed. 12mo. Worn original decorated full blue cloth binding. Very unusual illustrated mid-19th century American Aesop. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 5
1793Best.-Nr. 1415099London: John Stockdale 1793. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo Two Volumes. Very Good Minus Condition. Rebacked 19th Century boards in brown calves leather with gold decorative trim. Boards are lightly soiled with worn corners. Spine is light brown leather with two red labels and five bands. Spine ends are solid. Marbled end papers. Text blocks are gilt trimmed. 110 total black and white plates plus 2 illustrated title pages. Advertisement for Gay's Fables between the Aesop's biography and the first plate. Volume I - lxv 189 pages with the last page denoted as "891". 1 page advertisement for "Gay's Fables" between Aesop's biography and the text. Free front end paper is chipped and is missing the bottom corner. Foxing throughout the text block. Complete set of 47 plates with 15 of them not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. Volume II - xi 248 pages. 1" gouge on rear board. Free front end paper has chips missing from the right edge. Foxing throughout the text block. 63 plates of which 14 did not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. 1415099. Special Collections - Upstairs. John Stockdale hardcover books
1788Best.-Nr. WAS38893J.F. and C. Rivington et al. London 1788. Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters gathering P partially sprung. fourteenth Edition 6 3/4 x 4 inches xxxiv 329 7 index pages contemporary calf with red morocco spine label Includes engraved frontispiece and 196 woodcut illustrations each measuring 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches in pagination. Neat ink owner inscription dated 1796 on front free endpaper. J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., London unknown books
1864Best.-Nr. 8464Boston. T.O.H.P. Burnham. 1864. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled cloth. Thick 12mo 5.5" x 7". Illustrated with 198 woodcuts en texte. Spine well sunned covers mildly sunned and rubbed. Headpiece chipped. Ink inscription to ffep. Light water staining to bottom corners throughout very seldom reaching text block. Volume presents slight lean. Several signatures slightly shaken but very firm. A Good crisp bright copy. T.O.H.P. Burnham. hardcover books
1704Best.-Nr. 2307136R. Sare 1704. 4th. very good. 4th edition corrected and amended as stated on title page. Very good condition. Some restoration to front and rear gutter with paper tape. Frontispiece of man with animals attached to verso of front free end paper. Plate in front of Sir Roger L'Estrange is missing. Small piece of paper missing at top of front paste-down browning to edges of front and rear paste-down and to end papers. R. Sare unknown books
1875Best.-Nr. 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
1864Best.-Nr. 8464Boston. T.O.H.P. Burnham. 1864. Bound in blind embossed gilt titled cloth. Thick 12mo 5.5" x 7". Illustrated with 198 woodcuts en texte. Spine well sunned covers mildly sunned and rubbed. Headpiece chipped. Ink inscription to ffep. Light water staining to bottom corners throughout very seldom reaching text block. Volume presents slight lean. Several signatures slightly shaken but very firm. A Good crisp bright copy. T.O.H.P. Burnham. hardcover
1793Best.-Nr. 1415099London: John Stockdale 1793. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo Two Volumes. Very Good Minus Condition. Rebacked 19th Century boards in brown calves leather with gold decorative trim. Boards are lightly soiled with worn corners. Spine is light brown leather with two red labels and five bands. Spine ends are solid. Marbled end papers. Text blocks are gilt trimmed. 110 total black and white plates plus 2 illustrated title pages. Advertisement for Gay's Fables between the Aesop's biography and the first plate. Volume I - lxv 189 pages with the last page denoted as "891". 1 page advertisement for "Gay's Fables" between Aesop's biography and the text. Free front end paper is chipped and is missing the bottom corner. Foxing throughout the text block. Complete set of 47 plates with 15 of them not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. Volume II - xi 248 pages. 1" gouge on rear board. Free front end paper has chips missing from the right edge. Foxing throughout the text block. 63 plates of which 14 did not have their tissue guards bound in. Offsetting to surrounding pages from the plates. 1415099. Special Collections - Upstairs. John Stockdale hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1390900371.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2010Best.-Nr. DADAX1170952186Gale Ecco Print Editions 2010-06-10. paperback. New. 7.44x1.23x9.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Gale Ecco, Print Editions paperback