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177677475Rouen:: 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
17603939<p>An attractive copy of the fourth of five illustrated editions with Richardson's Life of Aesop. It was first published in 1739 with a title-page dated 1740 with subsequent editions in 1749 1753 two issues and 1775. All of the editions are scarce with ESTC listing four copies of the first edition two copies of the second five of the third edition. The 25 engraved plates include delightful illustrations in miniature for each of the fables with a brief caption and fable number given above each illustration. The engraved title-page is also very attractive with an idealised illustration of a landscape peopled with different animals.</p><p>ESTC t118432 listing BL Bodleian Szczecin Public Library Louisiana State University Rice UCLA and Yale.</p> J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, J. Hawes, W. Clarke, R. Collins, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, R. Withy, J. Dodsley, G. K
1718FF2503Utrecht:: Apud Guilielmum vande Water 1718. 1718. Two parts in one volume. Octavo. 62 398; 258 70 pp. Elaborate engraved frontispiece woodcut title vignette head & tail pieces index. Title printed in red & black. Internally generally clean and tight with offsetting to title. Later full red straight grain morocco single-ruled in gilt with gilt-stamped and lettered spine with solid single gilt roll to edges foot of spine gilt-stamped: TRAJ: AD RHEN publisher: 1718 all edges gilt marbled endsheets; somewhat rubbed. Bookplates of Thomas M. Lowndes and Henry Drury. Very good. With a fore-edge painting depicting a scene of HAWICK ROXBURGHSHIRE SCOTLAND after an engraving by John Greig fl. 1800-1843 from an original study by Luke Clennell 1781-1840. The fore-edge painting is based on an engraving found in Sir Walter Scott's Border Antiquities of England and Scotland Longman & Co. 1814-1817. This well-painted scene is likely of 20th century vintage. / The Dutch scholar Peter Burman was professor of the art of rhetoric and the history of Utrecht and also of Greek philology. In 1715 he succeeded Perizonius receiving the chair of history and the Greek language and the art of rhetoric at the Lyon-Batava Academy. Later he was librarian and director of the Lyon-Batava Academy. This is his commentary on Phaedrus which was originally issued in 1698. PROVENANCE: Thomas M. Lowndes – Henry Drury both pre-fore-edge – Jack Bartfield Fine Books New York – Randall J. Moskovitz MD Memphis Tennessee. Apud Guilielmum vande Water, 1718. unknown
174221423Parisiis, apud Coustelier, 1742 ; in-12, veau raciné, dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, fleurons à la lyre, palette à la grappe de raisins, pièce de titre rouge, belle roulette d’encadrement et roulette sur les coupes, tranches dorées, gardes oranges (reliure de l’époque) ; [24], 132 pp., frontispice de Coypel gravé par Fessard, bandeau répété cinq fois, par Pierre, gravé par Fessard.
17016410Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae 1701. Very Good . Lg. 4to. 3016084pp. Indices. Title printed in red & black with an allegorical copper engraved vignette. Added copper engraved title. Illustrated with 18 copper engraved plates each with six large emblematic fable medallions. Plus numerous copper engraved head and tail pieces and large pictorial initials. Early 20th c. full brown morocco hinges & tips rubbed. A.e.g. This copy lacks the folding portrait of the Prince of Nassau. Cohen/de Ricci 797f "tres belle edition bien illustree". Dibdin II 280. Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae unknown books
1713mon0000128509Tiguri Davidis Gessneri 1713. Leather. Good. in x in x in. 6.25"". 149pp3pp inscriptions. Red stained cut edges. Rubbing to the half leather boards with marble pastedowns. Hinges holding but loose. Name dated 1817 on ffep. Some ghosting from a previous protective cover. Frontis present but mostly ripped at gutter. Someone attempted a repair on this tear with glue at some point - a bit of foxing from it. The spine title is missing. An inch at the head of the spine is lost showing German gothic scrap. Tiguri Davidis Gessneri hardcover
1793106262John Stockdale 1793-01-01. Leather. Very Good. 2 volume set 4th June 1793 Stockdale in gilt ruled pebbled full leather bindings dentelles and marbled endpapers. 5 hub spine all edges gilt. Bookplate to front paste down. oversized and overweight. d34 Please email for photos. John Stockdale hardcover
18001339289London: printed by C. Whittingham. For J. Johnson. W. Ginger and Son. R. Baldwin. F. and C. Rivington. G. and J. Robinson. and 13 others in London 1800. Hardcover. Octavo 2 xii 4 267 1 pages; VG-; bound in contemporary full calf later rebacking with new spine gilt titling; moderate shelfwear and rubbing to binding; The title-page is engraved; with 110 fables and one woodcut per fable; page 129/130 with large tear non-archival repair page 131/132 with large tear; early ink ownership to title page top edge; shelved case 7. ESTC: N42329 ESTC with 3 copies listed. 1339289. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed by C. Whittingham. For J. Johnson. W. Ginger and Son. R. Baldwin. F. and C. Rivington. G. and J. Robinson. [and 13 other hardcover books
17935806London: John Stockdale 1793. First Stockdale Edition. First Stockdale Edition. Two Volumes. Quartos. Bound in full 19th Century polished calf with filet gilt ruled lines at intricate gilt tooled spines two morocco labels each volume. The rather scarce first Stockdale Edition featuring 110 superb wood-engraved plates 2 title-page vignettes as called for. Both volumes with front cover displacement and in need of a binder. Otherwise very nice interior. Priced accordingly. John Stockdale unknown
174377478Bassano:: 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
177750340<p>This 1777 Venetian edition of Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae quorum nomina sequens pagella indicabit printed by Bartholommei Occhi contains a collection of classical fables attributed to Aesop presented in Latin. These moral and allegorical tales have circulated since antiquity and remained widely read through successive editions across Europe. This example includes numerous in-text engravings accompanying the text. Good condition quarter leather and hardcover boards showing heavy wear binding intact pages and engravings generally clean with occasional spotting and age toning. 16mo single volume. Collation: 264 pp. Illustrations: numerous in-text engravings. Edition: 1777. Item number: #50340. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Bartholommei Occhi hardcover
1730ABC_45416Venice & Bassano: Jo. Antonius Remondinus 1730. Full calf 2-5 lines ruled in blind on both covers. 12mo. Title-page framed in double lines with woodcut printers device; some woodcut initials typographical head- and tail pieces and typographical borders also the 76 woodcuts ca. 42 x 55 mm. are all framed in a typographical border and are partly after Bernard Salomon partly after Nicolaus and Gerardus Jansen van Kampen. Elegant edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables. All Latin 349 fables in prose are printed in one column each with a Adfabulation. Our edition is a reprint of the Brescia edition of 1623 Bodemann 64.1 with woodcuts after those in the 1623 edition but somewhat enlarged. Our copy is an undated variant of Bodemann 64.2: identical title and imprint etc. dated 1743 printing error for 1734. Most of the woodcuts not all! in our edition are less worn down than in the 1734 edition see nr. 36.With two 19th-cent. German ownerships entries on first fly-leaf. Some pages in the beginning slightly cropped some margins repaired. Spine slightly damaged.l Bodemann 64. 2 variant see also 64.1 & 31.1; not in Fabulae docet. Jo. Antonius Remondinus, unknown
1734ABC_45417Bassano 1734. Jo. Antonius Remondinus Sheepskin over boards. With woodcut printers vignette on title-page and some woodcut initials and 76 woodcuts ca. 42 x 55 mm. partly after Bernard Salomon partly after Nicolaus and Gerardus Jansen van Kampen. 12mo. 279 280 8 pp. Elegant edition of de Dorpius redaction of the Aesop fables. All Latin 349 fables in prose are printed in one column each with a Adfabulation. The edition is an almost page-for-page reprint of an earlier Bassano edition see nr. 35 which is a reprint of the Brescia edition of 1623 Bodemann 64.1 with partly the same woodcuts as in the undated earlier Bassano edition which are after those in the 1623 edition but somewhat enlarged. The woodcuts in our edition not all! are more worn down than in the u dated Bassano edition.l Bodemann 64. 2 variant or printing error in Bodemann: 1743 = 1734 see also 64.1 & 31.1; not in Fabulae docet. hardcover
1727123608London: impensis Societatis Stationariorum 1727. Leatherbound. Very good. 14 176 p. 16 cm. Title vignette and decorations. Full leather. Respined with repaired corners. New endpapers. Title page discoloured at edges with an ink signature. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Nunc demùm ex Collatione Optimorum Exemplarium ab infinitis penè Mendis repurgatae; Unà cum nonnullis Variorum Authorum Fabulis adjectis. Et Indice Correctiori praefixo." Whether the legendary Greek fabulist Aesop really existed remains a fascinating mystery. He may have been a slave and storyteller in ancient Greece or merely a legend. The series of fables that bear his name however have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted. This early 18th-century Latin language collection was produced by the Company of Stationers. impensis Societatis Stationariorum hardcover
1791013739Mitriti: Apud Hilarium Santos 1791. Red leather spine label. Spine floral designs in gilt. Old marbled endpapers. Title-page with illustration. All edges red. Spine extremities worn as are corners. Writing in a very old hand on title-page with small area of brown spotting. See photo. Text is quite clean with occasional brown spots. 88 illustrations through the text indexed at the conclusion. 324pp. index. A rather elusive edition of Aesop's Fables published in Madrid text in Latin. Not listed in OCLC or APBC. We have seen a 1788 Madrid edition with same number of plates but a different publisher. This edition was mentioned in Blake's "Ninth Catalogue of Second-hand Books" on p.312. . Later Edition. Full Mottled Calf. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Apud Hilarium Santos Hardcover
1791013739Mitriti: Apud Hilarium Santos 1791. Red leather spine label. Spine floral designs in gilt. Old marbled endpapers. Title-page with illustration. All edges red. Spine extremities worn as are corners. Writing in a very old hand on title-page with small area of brown spotting. See photo. Text is quite clean with occasional brown spots. 88 illustrations through the text indexed at the conclusion. 324pp. index. A rather elusive edition of Aesop's Fables published in Madrid text in Latin. Not listed in OCLC or APBC. We have seen a 1788 Madrid edition with same number of plates but a different publisher. This edition was mentioned in Blake's "Ninth Catalogue of Second-hand Books" on p.312. . Later Edition. Full Mottled Calf. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". Apud Hilarium Santos Hardcover books
1781ABC_45398Copenhagen: widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen & Leipzig Christian Gottlob Prost 1781. Contemporary half calf brown paper sides brown morocco spine label with the title in oxidized gold. 8vo. With a woodcut title-vignette woodcut head- and tailpieces and 117 etchings with captions "Fab. I-CXVII" illustrating the 117 Aesop fables each pasted on separate leaves except the last one Fab. CXVII. The second edition of the German translation of the French edition of the Aesop fables by Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde 1648-1734 with extensive dialogues on the moral of each fable together with the life of Aesop by Planudes the 18 fables of the Italian renaissance humanist and classical scholar Francesco Philelphus 1398-1481 and the fables of Gabrias and Avianus Amsterdam for Pierre Mortier 1708. The first edition appeared in Copenhagen by the widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen und in 1769 in Leipzig by Christian Gottlob Prost Bodemann 97.4. The 117 etchings illustrating the Aesop fables are after the engravings of the first edition but are different.Leather worn top of spine lacking boards damaged with the right corner of the front board nearly cracked hinges weak. Some small stains. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Bodemann 97.4 first edition; not in Fabula docet. [widow of Gabr. Christ. Rothen] & Leipzig, Christian Gottlob Prost, unknown
1708424978London : Printed for Richard Sare 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original leather. Spine bands damaged; panel edges dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards damaged. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description: vol. 2 10 266 6 pages plate; 20 cm. Subjects: 1701-1800; Fables; Fables ; Early works to 1800; Aesop. London : Printed for Richard Sare hardcover
17042307136R. 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
179373691London:: Printed for John Stockdale 4th June 1793. old speckled calf neatly rebacked retaining the original spines and gilt-lettered spine labels. Ink ownership signature on blank leaf in Vol. I and at the head of the title page of Vol. II; text age-toned throughout with some scattered light foxing. 8vo. 110 Fables each with an engraved illustration plus two engraved title pages with vignettes. Brunet I 103. Printed for John Stockdale, unknown
179368118London:: Printed for John Stockdale 4th June 1793. old diced calf with extra gilt spines expertly rebacked retaining the original spines but with all four gilt-lettered spine labels absent; all edges gilt. . The line containing the date of publication is trimmed in Vol. I but not Vol. II. A few minor smudges to text; light scuffing to leather; both volumes tight and sound. 8vo. 110 Fables each with an engraved illustration plus two engraved title pages with vignettes. Brunet I 103. Printed for John Stockdale, hardcover
1788WAS38893J.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
17247417London: Printed for D. Brown et al. 1724. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1229i.e. 33115502pp. Index of the fables. Leaf of ads for the publisher at rear and another leaf of ads for the author following his "Life of Aesop." Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece portrait and 1 copper engraved plate. Cont. calf worn nicely rebacked gilt decorated spine with red morocco label. Title page and top margin of frontis. with some old soiling. Faded water stain at lower outer corner of about 20 leaves near rear. Occasional light foxing. Ownership signature on front pastedown dated 1750. Printed for D. Brown et al. hardcover books
1788WAS38893J.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
1789365792Philadelphia: T. Dobson 1789. The Ninth Edition Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161 3pp. Errors in pagination as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf. 12mo. Contemporary calf some losses to spine lacks endpapers. Foxing. The Ninth Edition Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161 3pp. Errors in pagination as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf. 12mo. The first America edition of Aesop was Samuel Croxall's translation published in Philadelphia by Aitken in 1777; the first American editions of Robert Dodsley's translation and that of Robert Burton were published the same year by Robert Bell of Philadelphia. The first American edition of this translation by Clarke was first published in Boston in 1787 with the present 1789 edition being the first Philadelphia edition of that translation. Evans 21631; ESTC W6771 T. Dobson unknown