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Classical Literature
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1950 The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew and Their Histories TracedNew York: 1950A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with commentary from Australian-born folklorist Joseph Jacobs. -
1842 The Queen's Wake: A Legendary PoemEdinburgh: 1842An 1847 edition of James Hogg’s best-known bardic cycle The Queen’s Wake, a Romantic tribute to Scottish legend, reissued by Thomas Nelson. -
1823 The Fables of Aesop, and OthersNewcastle: 1823A beautifully bound limited edition of Bewick's Aesop, illustrated throughout with his woodcuts, and with a facsimile thumbprint receipt. In a half vellum binding. -
1810 The Letters of Pliny the ConsulLondon: 1810A pocket-sized volume collecting together the letters of Pliny the Younger, the Ancient Roman lawyer, illustrated with a frontispiece. -
1818 The Fables of Aesop, and OthersNewcastle : 1818Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. -
1777 2vol Fables Choisies, Mises en VersGeneve: 1777A two volume set of the fables of French poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine, in the original French. -
1820 Select FablesNewcastle; London: 1820A finely bound copy of Bewick brother's edition of Aesop, complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. -
1886 Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop of OthersLondon: 1886A Sotheran half vellum bound copy of Thomas Bewick's Aesop, complete with his important woodcuts. -
1818 The Fables of Aesop and OthersNewcastle; London: 1818A 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. -
1871 Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and OthersLondon: 1871Thomas Bewick's important Aesop, complete with his striking woodcuts, in a custom cloth clamshell. -
1820 Select FablesNewcastle; London: 1820The Bewick brother's edition of Aesop, complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. -
1878 Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and OthersLondon: 1878A smartly bound copy of Bewick's beautifully illustrated Aesop, in a custom chemise and custom slipcase. -
1772 Publii Terentii Afri ComoediaeBirmingham: 1772The first John Baskerville edition of this volume of Terence's six surviving classical plays. -
1729 Phaedri Fabulae et Publii Syrii SententiaeParisiis [Paris]: 1729A beautifully bound, miniature edition of the fables of Phaedrus and Publilius Syrus, written in Latin, bound in a stunning full crushed morocco. -
1784 Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae Novissime Recognitae et EmendataeBiponti : 1784A vellum-bound copy of the celebrated "Biponti" edition of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, along with contributions from other noted fabulists. -
1787 Phaedri Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V. Ex Recensione Petri BurmanniVenetiis [Venice]: 1787An eighteenth-century, Venice edition of this collection of Phaedrus's fables of Aesop, compiled by Dutch classical scholar, Pieter Burman. -
1864-1865 Plays of Euripides: Hecuba, Medea, AlcestisOxford: 1864-1865A very scarce copy of three of Euripides’ most enduring tragedies in one volume: Hecuba, Medea, and Alcestis, in the original Greek with English notes for the use of schools. -
1885 FablesLondon: 1885A very scarce collection of illustrated fables from Canadian writer George Thomas Lanigan. -
1874 The Fables of AesopLondon: 1874A smartly bound, illustrated collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, translated by Samuel Croxall. -
1788 The Parian Chronicle, or the Chronicle of the Arundelian MarblesLondon: 1788The very scarce first edition of Joseph Robertson's translation and analysis of an ancient Greek inscription dating from around 264–263 BCE. -
c1920 Aesop's FablesLondon: c1920A smartly bound copy of this very scarce collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with colour illustrations. -
c1900 Aesop's FablesGermany: c1900A smartly bound copy of this very scarce collection of fables attributed to Aesop. -
2003 The Fables of AesopLondon: 2003A very smart copy of this collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with bright illustrations from Victorian illustrator Edward J. Detmold. -
1944 Fables from Aesop and OthersNew York: 1944A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop and others. -
1979-1998 3vol Penguin Classics Editions of Aesop's FablesLondon: 1979-1998Three very smart copies of Penguin Classics editions of Aesop's fables. -
1984 2vol Aesop's FablesLondon: 1984Two smart first editions of this collection of fables attributed to Aesop edited by the Gascoignes, with Caxton's original illustrations. -
1804 Fables of Aesop and OthersLondon: 1804A beautifully bound quarter vellum example of Croxall's translation of Aesop's fables, charmingly illustrated with vignette illustrations. -
1825 Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into EnglishLondon: 1825Handsomely bound in quarter morocco, this is a charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century edition of Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. -
c1896 The Fables of Aesop with Instructive ApplicationsLondon: c1896A very scarce edition of The Fables of Aesop translated by Samuel Croxall, featuring one hundred woodcut illustrations. -
1722 Fables of Aesop and OthersLondon: 1722The very scarce first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop, illustrated throughout and in a handsome full calf binding. -
1731 Fables of Aesop and OthersLondon: 1731The very scarce third edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop, vibrantly bound in half morocco by Eric Sweet, and illustrated throughout. -
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1912 Aesop's FablesLondon: 1912Arthur Rackham's strikingly illustrated edition of Aesop, complete with colour plates, and signed by Rackham. -
c1906 Aesop's Fables Told to the Children, and, Beasts Shown to the ChildrenLondon: c1906A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children, colourfully illustrated, in a custom clamshell. -
1968 Aesop's FablesNew York: 1968Two copies of Murray Tinkelman's charmingly illustrated Aesop, one copy being beautifully rebound and vividly hand coloured by Eric Sweet. -
c1900 2vol Aesop's FablesNot Stated: c1900Two very scarce illustrated volumes of fables attributed to Aesop. -
1895 Aesop's FablesLondon: 1895A scarce, charmingly illustrated 1895 edition from J.M. Dent’s Banbury Cross Series, first edition, thus.