1856 Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources.

A charming, nineteenth-century edition of Aesop's Fables with excellent illustrations by John Tenniel; scarcely seen in its original gilt cloth binding A new edition of Aesop's fables, edited by Thomas James. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding and illustrated throughout with more then one-hundred vignette, in-text illustrations by John Tenniel. The fables were first published in English in 1484, by William Caxton. This edition includes the half title and a fantastic, thirty-two page publisher's advertisement to the rear, as called for. A charming nineteenth-century edition of these wonderful, moral tales. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight tears and lifting to cloth at head anad tail of spine with additional lighter bumping to joints and extremities. Spine marginally faded. End papers bright and clean, hinges neatly reinforced with archival tape. Internally, firmly bound. Half title and title page both archivally reinforced at gutter. Pages and generally bright and clean, with the odd minor closed tear or handling mark to extremities. The odd spot throughout and very marginal age toning to page extremities. Good.…