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c1829 The Fables of Aesop, and Others For the Improvement of Youth
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding
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.
Condition
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
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