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1803961P63London: J. Brambles A. Meggit and J. Waters by H. Mozley 1803. Leather. Fine. 7" by 4.5"; 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A finely bound edition of Samuel Croxall's important Aesop translation complete with illustrations. Smartly if slightly idiosyncratically rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase. An unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and an illustration for each fable a total of one-hundred and ninety-six. Collated complete.Frontispiece is by J. Burnet and R. Scott. The illustrations have been attributed to Elisha Kirkall.The 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.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. In a modern quarter calf binding with patterned paper to the boards with renewed endpapers in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase an unsigned binding by Eric Sweet. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Gift inscription to the recto of the frontispiece. Chemise and slipcase are both in a fine condition. Fine J. Brambles, A. Meggit, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley hardcover
1855963Z13London: T. Allman 1855. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 5" by 3". None stated. Two pocket sized copies of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables one in the original cloth and the other smartly bound by Eric Sweet in gilt cloth and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. A two volume set featuring one copy in the original cloth and another bound by Eric Sweet in modern cloth with gilt details and endpapers and blanks retained. Both housed in the original clamshell casing. One copy 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 monochrome wood engraved vignettes. Two charming collections 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.Undated dated by the binder's date to the clamshell and copies held institutionally. The copy bound by Eric Sweet is lacking the original title page and has been renewed with a facsimile with the original vignette laid down. One volume bound in the original cloth the other is bound in modern cloth with endpapers and blanks renewed and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. Externally the original cloth copy is very smart with with minimal bumping and wear to the extremities and a mark to the front board and front hinge starting after blanks. The second copy is lovely. Internally the original cloth copy is generally firmly bound with title page tender with a closed tear pages lightly age toned with occasional light spotting. The second copy is lacking the title page renewed with facsimile otherwise firmly bound with generally clean and lightly age toned pages. The clamshell is lovely. Very Good Indeed T. Allman hardcover
1804962F36London: J. Brambles A. Meggitt and J. Walters et al 1804 . Vellum. Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A beautifully bound quarter vellum example of Croxall's translation of Aesop's fables charmingly illustrated with vignette illustrations. A beautifully bound early nineteenth century edition of the fables of Aesop.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 first published in 1722.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. Endpapers renewed. Former owner's inscription to title page head.The leaves of this volume have been washed. Bound by Eric Sweet in quarter vellum with marbled paper covered boards and with ink title to back strip. With a corresponding felt lined chemise and cloth covered slip case. 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 vellum binding with marbled paper covered boards. Housed in a felt lined chemise and cloth covered slip case. Externally fine. Endpapers renewed. Slip case and chemise in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright with only the odd light handling mark. Fine J. Brambles, A. Meggitt, and J. Walters et al hardcover
1825962F35London: 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
1820963Z8Derby: 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
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
1814961P59Gainsborough: 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
18178539Baltimore: J. & T. Vance / J. Robinson Printer 1817. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Good . Octavo 161pp. A good or better copy in contemporary full sheep. Front board partly detached but holding. Printed on cheap paper typical of American printers of the period which is generally age-toned. Bookseller ticket or bookplate lifted inartfully from the front paste-down. A completely unrestored decently preserved example of this early 19th century Baltimore imprint. The text is printed in two columns with the Latin and English presented side-by-side. According to Shaw & Shoemaker there appear to be three printings of this volume executed by Robinson for three different publishers see 39946-8 not in fact specifically noting the one executed for J. & T. Vance. OCLC lists 9 physical holdings for all three of these not differentiating between them. J. & T. Vance / J. Robinson, Printer hardcover
181478613Philadelphia:: Printed by James Maxwell 1814. The Second Edition Improved. . old full sheep. Old ink names on the front pastedown; text age-toned throughout; boards a little bowed and leather scuffed; corners rounded; tight and sound. 12mo. With an English Translation as Literal as Possible Answering line for line throughout the Roman and Italic characters being alternately used; so that it is next to an impossibility for the student to mistake. With a Compend of Latin Prosody. Printed by James Maxwell, hardcover
181050128Leipzig 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. <br/><br/><em>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. </em> hardcover
18218726Ex Officina Reichaedii, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig], 1821. 51 Seiten, marmorierter Pappeinband, Druck auf blau-grünlichem (Bütten?)Papier. Fadenheftung. Gutes Exemplar. Text in Latein. Good copy.
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
18183259742Madrid.: Imprenta de Don Antonio Espinosa. 1818. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 16 cm. 307 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal lomo en piel. Fábulas. Vida de Esopo. Las ilustraciones son viñetas xilográficas. Biografías. Espinosa de los Monteros Antonio. 1732-1812. imp. Real Compañía de Impresores y Libreros del Reino . Cubierta deslucida. Imprenta de Don Antonio Espinosa. hardcover
18154763Madrid: Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano 1815. Hard cover. Good. Small octavo 16 cm; 24 352 pages. Woodcut vignette on title page and 62 woodcuts vignettes many of them captioned with proverbs or "dichos" illustrating the fables. Bound in rustic contemporary vellum over boards in Latin American style laced to text block with headband cores titled in ink on spine worn peeling at fore-edge of upper board; scorched on lower board. Old sewing on spine. Title page loose. Damp stain in lower margin of first 20 leaves affecting title page. Sewing is inexpert yet holding. Protected in clamshell case. <br /><br />Charming well-thumbed American copy of the popular compilation of fables. Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano hardcover
18712844867Madrid.: J. Astort y comp. eds. 1871. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 26 cm. 235 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal. Traducidas directamente del griego y de las versiones latinas de Pedro Aviano Aulo Gelio etc. precedidas de un ensayo histórico-crítico sobre la fábula y de noticias biográficas de los autores citados por Eduardo de Mier. Seguidas de las Fábulas de Gotoldo Efrain Lessing. Traduccion directa del aleman por D. Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch. Imp. de N. Ramirez y Compª. con lám. y grabs . Cubierta deslucida. Literatura.82 82 Libros infantiles y juveniles.087.5 087.5 J. Astort y comp., eds. hardcover
180423583Rouen:: A. Lelalain 1804. Nouvelle edition revue corigee & augmentee de la Vie d'Esope. contemporary full sheep. A few old notes on endsheets; some minor staining to text; boards quite scuffed but tight and sound. 16mo. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. A. Lelalain, hardcover
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
1805ABC_45450Lyon: J. Ayné 1805. Half vellum over boards covered with marbled paper. spine with red title label lettered in gold green painted edges. 12mo. With a full-page woodcut portrait 100 x 68 mm. of Aesop woodcut vignette a fisherman on the titles and 225 woodcuts ca. 38 x 66 illustrating the 225 fables; woodcut head- and tailpieces. 2 parts in 1 volume. Augmented nicely illustrated re-edition of the editions of 1764 and 1787 printed by Richard Lallemant in Rouen Bodemann 113.1-2; see also the re-editions: nrs. 57 and 60. As in these editions also in our edition there are the 225 fables of Aesop in French prose with the quatrains by the French writer and dramaturge Isaac Benserade 1612-1691. All the fables are illustrated by a woodcut rather rudely after the series of Bernard Salomon and Marcus Gheeraerts. The Vie dEsop is not illustrated. Library stamp on first fly-leaf.l Cf. Bodemann 113.1-2. J. Ayné, hardcover
1804ABC_45449Rouen 1804. 12mo. chez A. Delalain Mottled calf over boards spine gilt in compartments with green title label lettered in gold red painted edges. With a full-page woodcut portrait 97 x 72 mm. of Aesop. and 192 woodcuts of ca 56 x 72 mm. illustrating the Vie dÉsope 28 and 164 out of a total of 225 Fables; woodcut head- and tailpieces. 8 C 314 2 out of 10 pp. Augmented nicely illustrated re-edition of the editions of 1764 and 1787 with the same collation printed by Richard Lallemant in Rouen Bodemann 113.1-2. As in these editions also in our edition there are the 225 fables of Aesop in French prose with the quatrains by the French writer and dramaturge Isaac Benserade 1612-1691. The translation of the Vie dÉsope is illustrated with 28 woodcuts; the other 164 woodcuts illustrate 164 Fables. They are after the series of Bernard Salomon and Marcus Gheeraerts.Our edition is copied page-for-page strikingly accurate from the edition: Rouen chez les libraires An VI =1798 also in 12mo. see nr. 57 using exactly the same type and at least for the greater part the same woodblocks for the illustrations.Library stamp ownerships entries and a note 1805 written on the first fly-leaves.l Cf. Bodemann 113.1-2. hardcover
