By Aesop
London   Bliss, Sands & Co.
8.5" by 6" xx, 236pp
A very smart edition of Aesop's classic fables, each accompanied by a relevant proverb from the writings of Shakespeare, Macaulay and others.
By Aesop

1897 Aesop's Fables: A New Edition with Proverbs and Applications

London   Bliss, Sands & Co.
8.5" by 6" xx, 236pp
A very smart edition of Aesop's classic fables, each accompanied by a relevant proverb from the writings of Shakespeare, Macaulay and others.
£45.00
: 0.5kgs / : 963Y3

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Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this collection of Aesop's fables.

With each fable paired with its own proverb from prominent writers such as Shakespeare, John Bunyan, Macaulay, William Wordsworth and others. 

In the publisher's original red cloth binding.

Illustrated with half-page engravings throughout. 

Includes stories such as 'The Mischievous Dog', 'The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat', 'The Fox and the Wolf' and many more.

Condition

In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight bumping to the extremities and dulling to the spine cloth. With a couple small marks to the tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. With scattered spotting throughout, heaviest to the first and last few leaves.

Very Good Indeed

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