FABLES [BIRCH, Jonathan]. CRUICKSHANK, RBiblio.com
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18336664London: Hamilton Adams & Co. 1833. 85 illustrations by R. Cruickshank engraved on wood by Dodd Williams Bonner & others. Title page printed in red and black. 8vo. handsome later half calf spine decorated in gilt in compartments cloth sides. An extremely good copy.The preface is signed by ‘Job Crithannah’ an anagram of Jonathan Birch. The fables are varied and include such tales as The Thistle and the Wheat The Truant Ass The Warrener and the Ferret The Boy and the Rattlesnake The Ruin and the Ivy. Aesop and the Libertine and Prometheus and Man.<br>Robert Cruikshank was the elder brother of the famous George and son of the Socttish bpainter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank. Hamilton, Adams & Co. hardcover
19722092902137404463Ofu-sha 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Ofu-sha paperback
026569924X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
133447138X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2000mon0000190103Weigl Pub Inc 1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM. library. Good. 0.2500 in x 9.7500 in x 9.2500 in. Weigl Pub Inc unknown
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2010240503006Weigl Pub Inc 2012-01-01. library. Good. 9x0x9. Order today-sent today with tracking number M-F. Attractive would be Vgood except for x-library labels and stampings. Very clean and tight bound. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio Kentucky Indiana. Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F. Weigl Pub Inc unknown
1619131021.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1527681491.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1701D20907Amsterdam: Sebatstiaan Petzold 1701. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 40 parts bound in one. 8vo. Each part 8 pp. and with separate title-pages. With woodcuts by Romeyn de Hooghe. Main title-page printed in red and black. Full contemporary vellum boards bowed; old european bookseller descriptions mounted on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signature on rear paste-down. Preliminary and rear blanks nicked with tears; but overall a very good copy of a book that is quite scarce in commerce. An interesting retelling of Aesop's fables satirizing contemporary European political affairs and featuring striking illustrations by Dutch artist Romeyn de Hooghe 1645-1708. <br/><br/> Sebatstiaan Petzold hardcover
17489336Leipzig: Johann Wendlern 1748. 2nd and 1st editions respectively. 8vo 3 works in 1 each with separate title: 34 138 4; 10 161 5; and 2 140 2pp. Copper engraved title page vignettes head and tailpieces. Contemporary parchment over boards plainly rebacked with a later strip of paper and hand-lettered label. Some toning to page block but quite clean internally. <br /> <br /> The second edition in two parts of this immensely popular book of folkloric fables from the "German Aesop" Christian Fürchtegott Gellert 1715-1769. Gellert was an educator and wrote several books of moral fables and poems for a young audience with clear language and simple form based on La Fontaine. He became quite popular in London travelling frequently to England.<br /> <br /> <br /> This sammelbande contains the second edition of both parts of his Fables and Tales first printed in 1746 and 48 along with the first edition of Didactic Poems and Tales from 1754. A tremendous set from the influential and popular writer who laid the groundwork for Goethe and others to move beyond Enlightenment norms. . Johann Wendlern unknown
a81174Calcutta 1856. "The English Reader; Containing a Selection of Pieces in Prose Edited to the Capacities of Indian Youth and Adapted to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading by a Progressive Arrangement of the Lessons. No. III Aesop's Fables" Hardcover. Small octavo 114pp. boards. Inscribed and dated by owner inside front cover. Lacks front free blank opens to cover. Fairly Good cover soiled worn chip at lower corner of rear blank. Very scarce. . hardcover
