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1840173764Canton: Canton Press Office 1840. The first full Chinese translation of Aesop's Fables First edition association copy inscribed by William Jardine one of the three "generous patrons" named in the dedication on the front wrapper "R. Goff Esqr. 105 Piccadilly from the compiler with Mr. Jardine's compliments". Jardine 1784-1843 co-founded the successful trading firm Jardine Matheson & Co. and held significant sway over the course of Anglo-Chinese relations either side of the First Opium War. This Chinese translation was intended as a primer to help the growing number of British students of Chinese working for Jardine Matheson the East India Company and other concerns in Canton. Robert Thom 1807-46 who adopted the pen-name "Sloth" honed his language skills while working for Jardine's and acted as a translator for British forces during the First Opium War 1839-42 and at the 1843 Supplementary Treaty negotiations. He was later British consul at Ningbo. Each page offers three columns of English Chinese characters and romanized Chinese. For each fable Thom dictated the Chinese to his teacher who brushed them in a legible hand. According to the introduction the volume was the first time Chinese wooden blocks and European metal type were used side-by-side during printing. Thom's translation was later reprinted in various modified editions by the Anglo-Chinese College the Shanghai Free Hospital and the Wenyutang Chinese Printing and Publishing Company. This edition is well represented institutionally but is uncommon in commerce - we have traced only five appearances at auction in the past six decades. Of these only one retained both of the original wrappers as here. Provenance: Robert Goff 1801-1866 was an antiquarian who travelled widely in the Middle East and Asia presenting a collection of Egyptian antiquities to the British Museum in 1847. This copy was later in the Bibliotheca Lindesiana one of the most impressive private collections of the 19th century its bookplate is on the front pastedown. Alexander Lindsay 1812-80 later 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres met Goff while the latter was travelling and at the sale of Goff's art collection in 1866 Quaritch acquired a collection of Chinese drawings and sold these to Lindsay. This copy entered the Lindsay library either via Quaritch or via the dispersal of the Goff library in the 1890s. It is recorded in the 1910 Bibliotheca Lindesiana catalogue. Quarto 295 x 202 mm. With engraving of Chinese character styles furnished by Elijah Coleman Bridgman the compiler of the Canton Chrestomathy. Late 19th-century brown hard-grain half morocco by Henry Wood raised bands ruled in gilt spine lettered in gilt Papier Tourniquet-pattern sides marbled endpapers with design of Spanish moiré on Turkish with overprinted gold vein pattern top edge gilt original yellow printed wrappers bound in. Binding a little worn corners and extremities recoloured light foxing neat tissue repairs at foot of wrappers and title page loss at lower corner of p. 103 a few tide marks to fore edges: a very good copy. Bibliotheca Lindesiana 1910 80 this copy; Cordier 1683; Lust 1065. hardcover
18292499London: J. M'Gowan and Son 1829. Two volumes in One 140x108mm half black cloth marbled sides worn to foot of spine vii-xxi 263pp and Vol. II iii-vii 311pp.Aquatint plates 100 unusually the plates are bound 51 49 at the end of each volume. Title-pages to both volumes in facsimile. Volume I starts with Preface and thus seems to lack the contents list. Volume II lacks only the title as contents pages are complete. Name stamp to margin of Preface edge browned and some fingering & soiling a few leaves with edge wear with 3 leaves with 3mm tears to blank margins only. A well-loved and well-used Aesop with charming AQUATINT PLATES. Very scarce with Oxford the only copy of this printing noted in British libraries - McGowan was printer as well as publisher and his Windmill Street address is given at the foot of the last page of each volume. J. M'Gowan and Son unknown
1856346386Boston: J. Buffum 1856. 96pp. 12mo 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches 9 x 7 cm. Publisher's brown cloth gilt. Very Good. 96pp. 12mo 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches 9 x 7 cm. inscribed on the front free endpaper by John Hay "Ellie Hay/from her Brother/John/1857" and on the following page the signature of "Miss Helen J.ulia Hay 1857 June 1." Helen Hay Whitney was named after her.<br /> <br /> Likely first edition thus . Publisher's brown cloth gilt. ; 96 pp. woodcut illustrations. Binding a hair worn the stamping dull internally some toning. <br /> <br /> A presentation copy of this delightful little juvenile inscribed by the young age 18 or 19 depending on the date of gift John Hay. At this time Hay had graduated from Brown and was working for his father Milton Hay. Lincoln had offices next door and after 1860 Hay became an ardent supporter. He would go on to become Lincoln's secretary and later one of his most eminent biographers and in time Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt one of the most powerful figures on the American political scene. J. Buffum unknown
1829981Z3London: J. M'Gowan and Son c1829. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 4". None stated. A very scarce two volume set of Aesop's fables adapted for young people and illustrated with fantastic aquatint illustrations and both in contemporary half calf. A very scarce illustrated edition with only one copy held institutionally. Bound in half calf. Illustrated with many unique aquatint illustrations with an engraved title page and fifty plates to 'Vol I' and an engraved frontispiece and forty-eight plates to 'Vol II'. Lacking the frontispiece to 'Volume I'.A two volume complete set.A rare to see illustrated edition of Aesop's renowned fables adapted for young people with instructive applications. This edition features a collection of fantastic and anonymously illustrated plates depicting whimsical portrayals of a frog and mice in armour and many more. Undated dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally fading cracking and rubbing to the spines with rubbing to the joints and extremities slight marks to the boards with front joint starting slightly at the head of the front joint. Internally engraved title starting otherwise firmly bound with generally bright pages and occasional light spotting heavier to the plates with the odd closed tear to the extremities of the odd plate or page. Very Good J. M'Gowan and Son hardcover
188939636London The Strand: David Nutt. Good with no dust jacket. 1889. 1st Thus. Vellum. frontis; FABLES OF AESOP as First Printed by William Caxton in 1484 with those of Avian Alfonso and Poggio now again edited and induced by Joseph Jacobs. With History of the Aesopic Fable. 2 volumes. Edited by Joseph Jacobs. Frontispiece illustrations. 25.2x15 cm 10x6" original publisher's binding of vellum-backed boards deckle edges. No. 48 of an edition limited to 50 of 60 copies on large paper. Rare Large Paper edition of Caxtons Aesop critically edited and with a long historical essay about the Fables and their origin in Vol. I. Bindings somewhat worn with some scuffing and cracking but fundamentally sound. Internally very clean and attractive. . David Nutt hardcover
183559414Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer 1835. hardcover. very good. Arregladas a la Ultima Ortografia de la Academia Mejoradas y Anadidas en esta Nueva Edicion. 108 text woodcuts by Jose Vilanova. 285pp. 6pp. index. Small 8vo contemporary vellum title inked by hand on front cover backstrip slightly chipped at tail; small water stain to corner of first 2 leaves. Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer 1835.<br/> <br/> Rare charmingly illustrated Spanish edition of Aesop's fables. This edition not found in NUC or BMC. With the signature of the Massachusetts educator clergyman and bookseller Elias Nason 1811- 1887 and the bookplate of Nelson Osgood Rhoades 1869-1928 an American engineer and consultant to the Mexican government. Palau III 140.<br/> <br/> Juan Francisco Piferrer unknown
181017637<p>Paris: chez Henri Tardieu Libraire Rue et Maison des Mathurins 1810 First edition from this publisher. Some OCLC records bear dates of 1801 or 1802 for this same edition though the date on the title-page is "an X" i.e. 1810. The illustrations are copied from the original images by Barlow which were first published in 1666. This attractive edition of Aesop features the stories retold for the "amusement and instruction of the youth. Early marbled boards with green roan spine stamped in gilt. . Two volumes in one oblong octavo. . With 123 full-page engravings by Francis Barlow including the two frontispieces one for each volume. Quite clean throughout despite occasional dampstaining and foxing. A very good wide copy of a scarce edition. Barlow ca. 1626 – 1704 a painter etcher and illustrator is known as "the father of British sporting painting" and was "Britain's first wildlife painter beginning a tradition that reached a high-point a century later in the work of George Stubbs. He was furthermore a pioneer in the history of comics by creating A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish Plot c. 1682 a picture story about the life of Titus Oates and the Popish Plot which is told in a series of illustrated sequences where the story is written underneath them and the characters depicted on those images use speech balloons to talk" Tate Britain website. Barlow's edition of Aesop was published by William Godbid in 1666. Few copies of the first edition remain as many of them were destroyed along with the printer's premises in the Great Fire of London the same year the edition was published.</p> chez Henri Tardieu, Libraire, Rue et Maison des Mathurins, hardcover
1874055654Istanbul: Sark Matbaasi. AH 1291 = 1874 1874. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original very thin and fragile green wrappers. Cr. 8vo. 20 x 14 cm. In Ottoman script Old Turkish with Arabic letters and Arabic. 48 p. Slight chippings on extremities wear to spine occasional foxing on pages. Overall a very good and well-preserved copy. First and only edition of this early and extremely rare book containing 10 Aesop fables in Arabic along with their Ottoman Turkish translations compiled by Mekteb-i Sultani Galatasaray High School Arabic teacher Hafiz Refi. It was prepared based on the first printed compilation of Aesop's fables in Turkish together with their French translations titled "Choix de fables: Traduit en turc par un effendi de Constantinople et publiées avec une version française" compiled by Victor Letellier 1787-1859 in Paris 1826. The introduction of the book is in Arabic. This introduction starts with narrations of the prophets about science in general and Arabic science-themed apothegms. All of these are given with their Turkish translations by the author. After the introduction written to teach Arabic at Galatasaray High School Mekteb-i Sultânî the book includes ten Aesop stories in Arabic with their Turkish translations. These ten stories are parallel to the stories in the first Turkish Aesop compilation prepared by Victor Letellier and published in Paris in 1826. Özege 4577. Özdemir p. 19. As of December 2023 we couldn't trace any copy in the OCLC and KVK. <br/> <br/> Sark Matbaasi., AH 1291 = [1874] paperback
1867962F11London: Strahan & Co; Alexander Strahan 1867-1872. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5.5". J. Wolf; J. B. Zwecker; T. Dalziel . A charming collection of three illustrated editions of the moral fables of Aesop all of which feature the illustrations of J. Wolf J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel. A delightful collection of three very scarce illustrated editions of the fables of Aesop housed in a custom cloth covered clamshell case.The earliest of these three volumes is Edward Garrett's 1867 'New Edition' of these fables with one-hundred illustrations from J. Wolf J.B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel including a frontispiece. Collated complete.In the publisher's original cloth binding and with an advertisement leaf to the rear.The final two volumes are duplicates of the later 1872 edition of the fables with the same illustrations from J. Wolf J.B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel including a frontispiece. Collated complete.One of these volumes is in the publisher's cloth and another in a contemporary half morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards.With the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the inside of the clamshell. Half morocco binding signed by Mudie. Prize inscription to front free endpaper and title page head of publisher's cloth 1872 volume.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. Three volumes - two in the publisher's cloth and one in contemporary half morocco with marbled paper covered boards - housed in a cloth covered clamshell case. Half morocco binding signed by Mudie. Cloth volumes beautifully bound and exceptionally bright with a touch of rubbing to back strip tail of half morocco volume. Rear hinge of 1872 cloth front hinge of 1867 volume and both hinges of half morocco binding strained but firmly held. Prize inscription to front free endpaper and title page head of publisher's cloth 1872 volume. Pages a touch age toned but generally clean and bright. Clamshell in fine condition. Very Good Strahan & Co; Alexander Strahan hardcover
1818964F64Newcastle : E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 7". Thomas Bewick. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Royal 8vo with signed "thumb-mark" receipt. Variant B with Philosopher woodcut to p. xvi and last line of p.248 "road of candour and prudence". Roscoe 45b.The personal copy of Thomas Hugo an antiquarian and clergyman who was a dedicated admirer and collector of the Bewicks' woodcuts and publications. With his bookplate to the verso of the front free endpaper alongside bibliographical note.Hugo has tipped in page xvi from the Demi 8vo variant which features the suppressed engraving of "Auld Clouty".Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete.Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works. He spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop the first of which was published in 1776.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. In a handsome full morocco binding.Housed in a cloth covered clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the clamshell interior. In a full morocco binding with blind tooling housed in a cloth clamshell case. Externally excellent with a touch of rubbing to joints. Rear hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplate and tipped in note to verso of front free endpaper. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally binding strained with pages 343-346 detached and loosely inserted. Pages age toned with the odd spot or handling mark. Very Good E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
187534370London: 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
1894962F19London: Macmillan & Co 1894 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 11.5" by 8.5". Richard Heighway. The very scarce large paper limited edition of Joseph Jacob's reworking on Aesop's fables illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway. A very scarce large paper first edition limited to one-hundred unnumbered copies.Illustrated throughout by Richard Heighway with a frontispiece and with vignette illustrations to majority of leaves.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. In this volume these tales are retold by noted folklorist Joseph Jacobs who also traces their fascinating history. With the armorial bookplate of A S Marsden-Smedley to the front pastedown. Housed in a cloth clamshell case.The leaves of this volume have been washed.A very scarce late nineteenth century limited edition. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Light fading to back strip otherwise externally excellent. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Majority of leaves unopened to head. Housed in a cloth clamshell case. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover
184877948London: John Murray 1848. Hardcover. Very good. The scarce first John Tenniel edition with more than one hundred illustrations. Lewis Carroll was so impressed by Tenniel’s animated designs for this edition of Aesop’s Fables that he chose the artist to illustrate Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 1865. Octavo: xxv 3 221 12 ads pp. In the publisher's patterned tan cloth binding with gilt-stamped titles and decorative blind-stamped borders. The binder's ticket appears on the rear pastedown. Occasional light foxing. Two ink gift inscriptions the first dated 1852 and the second 1909 to the front flyleaf with the small bookplate of noted book collector Anthony David Estill to the front pastedown. The spine is darkened with a few minor stains to the cloth; else very good. Housed in a custom felt-lined clamshell box. John Murray hardcover
1818964P41Newcastle; London: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co 1818. Leather. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5"; 8.5" by 6". Thomas Bewick. A Riviere bound copy of Bewick's Aesop an important work by the noted woodcutter in a smart tree calf binding and held in a custom chemise and slipcase. Bound by Riviere.In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase both of which are in a fine condition.The Royal Octavo issue variant A with the 'Auld Clouty' vignette to the tail of page xvi and "road of honour and honesty" to the final line of page 248. Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick.The fables of Aesop here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.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.Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete.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. In a rebacked tree calf binding bound by Riviere in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally smart. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with only a few scattered spots. Chemise and clamshell are both in a fine condition. Near Fine E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co hardcover
1820964P43Newcastle; London: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. Leather. Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 9" by 6". Thomas Bewick; John Bewick. A finely bound copy of Bewick brother's edition of Aesop complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. In a beautiful quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boards in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase a lovely unsigned binding by Eric Sweet with renewed endpapers. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition.Pages have been washed presenting an uncommonly bright copy of this sought after work.Thomas and John Bewick's edition of Aesop's 'Fables'.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title four portrait plates and woodcut vignettes throughout. Collated complete though the endpapers have been renewed. This edition includes a memoir and a descriptive catalogue of the works of the Bewick brothers. 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.Thomas Bewick spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated 'Aesop's Fables' the first of which was published in 1776. Bewick was an illustrator known for his fine illustrations for books illustrating many natural history works such as 'A History of British Birds' and 'A History of Quadrupeds'. He is known for popularising the practice of printing illustrations using wood producing high-quality illustrations at a lower price.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. In a quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boards in a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase. Externally fine. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Fine S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy hardcover
1834963Z9London: Joseph Smith 1834. Leather. Fine. 5.5" by 3". None stated. A smartly bound pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables bound by Eric Sweet in crushed morocco with a uniform chemise and clamshell casing and adorned with many wood engravings. A beautifully bound pocket size nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's noted 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 folding wood engraved frontispiece an engraved title page and one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Collated complete.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 a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in modern crushed half morocco with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean washed pages. The chemise and slipcase are lovely. Fine Joseph Smith hardcover
1818405619Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 1818. A very good copy internally clean and fresh joints restored and with some light wear to binding. 8vo. xxiv 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt marbled edges by Whitehead and Sons Leeds with their ticket on pastedown. A handsome copy of Bewick's extensively and exquisitely illustrated fables. Roscoe 45. E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son unknown
1815ABC_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
1857962F16London: W. Kent & Co 1857 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 9". Charles H. Bennett. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In this edition Bennett reimagines the traditional animal characters of Aesop's work with human traits and behaviours offering a satirical lens on Victorian society. He includes characters such as 'the callous footman the idle officer the exposed swindler the ignorant patron of the arts and the foolish social climber' Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914.Illustrated with twenty-four hand coloured plates by Bennett. Collated complete.Bennett was a prolific Victorian illustrator who had a short career which ended when he died of consumption.Rebacked in calf in the publisher's original cloth covered boards retaining the original endpapers. Housed in a clamshell case with the bookplate of Eric Sweet to the front pastedown of the clamshell.With the contemporary inscription of Helen Bessie Steel to a front blank and the inscription of Claud G. Steel to recto of frontispiece.Quayle in 'Early Children's Books' says this is one of Bennett's finest and most vigorous works and one of the most notable editions of Aesop's Fables. Rebacked in calf retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards. In a cloth covered slip case in fine condition. Externally excellent with a touch of fading to board perimeters. Front hinge lightly strained with board firmly held. Inscription to front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with spotting throughout and with tide mark to head of introduction text leaf. Inscription to recto of frontispiece. Very Good W. Kent & Co hardcover
182535545Paris 1825. avec le sens moral en quatre vers et les quatrains de benserade Couverture au dos est dommagée. Buchrücken im Falz lädiert. Insgesamt guter Zustand Auguste Boulland Quer-8°. Pbd. Literatur unknown
1823962P14Newcastle; London: E. Walker; Longman and Co 1823. Leather. Fine. 9" by 5.5"; 9.5" by 6.5". Thomas Bewick. A finely bound edition of Bewick's Aesop a lovely copy complete with his woodcuts and a facsimile thumbprint receipt. Smartly bound in a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet in April 2001. Clamshell is in a fine condition.Facsimile receipt leaf to the front with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick. This is copy number 829 with this receipt. Pages have been washed presenting an uncommonly bright copy of this sought after work.The fables of Aesop here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.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.Illustrated with a vignette title and a woodcut head-piece to each fable alongside tail-pieces by Thomas Bewick. Collated complete though the endpapers have been renewed. 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.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. In a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth clamshell bound by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. A couple of very light marks to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very light handling marks. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Fine E. Walker; Longman and Co hardcover
1820964P39Newcastle; London: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". Thomas Bewick; John Bewick. The Bewick brother's edition of Aesop complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. Thomas and John Bewick's edition of Aesop's 'Fables'.Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title four portrait plates and woodcut vignettes throughout. This edition includes a memoir and a descriptive catalogue of the works of the Bewick brothers. 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.Thomas Bewick spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated 'Aesop's Fables' the first of which was published in 1776. Bewick was an illustrator known for his fine illustrations for books illustrating many natural history works such as 'A History of British Birds' and 'A History of Quadrupeds'. He is known for popularising the practice of printing illustrations using wood producing high-quality illustrations at a lower price. In a rebacked half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Boards are a little discoloured and rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy hardcover
1835962Z25Halifax: William Milner 1835. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables smarty bound in quarter calf and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page and over one hundred wood engraved vignettes throughout. Lacking the folding frontispiece. 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 quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Bound in quarter calf with paper to the boards Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally excellent with minimal rubbing to the extremities. Internally lacking frontispiece otherwise firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with only the odd minor spot and handling mark. Very Good Indeed William Milner hardcover
18799372Edinburgh:: Privately Printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne Hanson & Co. 1879. Edition de luxe printed on Whatman paper from the original wood engravings; No. 75 of 100 copies. publisher's vellum with mounted illustration t.e.g. Binding a little dust-soiled; internally clean and sound. Small folio. With the Original Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick.to which are Added Select Supplementary Illustrations of Bewick's Genius. Privately Printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., hardcover
1856194703London John Murray 1856. 1856. "New Edition." Small 8vo. 203 fables. 12 page author's introduction. More than 100 illustrations designed by John Tenniel. Index. Modern 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamped green morocco label matching marbled endpapers glazed edges. Fine. 148 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Bradbury and Evans. Hardcover. Fine. London, John Murray, 1856. hardcover
