Aesop's Fables: A New Edition with Proverbs and Applications
Published by Bliss, Sands & Co., London, 1897
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 62.04
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A very smart edition of Aesop's classic fables, each accompanied by a relevant proverb from the writings of Shakespeare, Macaulay and others. 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. 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.
Seller Inventory # 963Y3
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Aesop's Fables: A New Edition with Proverbs and Applications
- Author
- Aesop
- Publisher
- Bliss, Sands & Co., London
- Publication year
- 1897
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Item weight
- 0.5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 8.5" by 6"
Rooke Books PBFA
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