Aesop's Fables: Literally Translated from the Greek
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London; New York, 1870
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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A smart copy of Aesop's Fables featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI, and a charming colour frontispiece. in the publisher's original red cloth binding with blind stamp decoration.This volume is undated, dated using Jisc from a copy held at The University of East Anglia Library.This edition is notable for featuring 50 illustrations by Harrison Weir RI, and a charming colour frontispiece. Collated, complete.Weir was known for both his extensive work as an illustrator, and as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", having organised the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871.This copy includes fables such as "Wolf and the Crane", "Hare and the Tortoise", "Vine and the Goat", Old Hound", "Fox and the Leopard", "Hare and the Hound", "Wolf and the Shepard", "Dove and the Crow", among many others.Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty, wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics, continuing to be shared with generation after generation. Publisher"s advertisements to rear two leaves, typical of the era. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, particularly to joints, resulting in minor loss to cloth. Fading to spine. Rubbing and the one or two handing marks to boards. One or two small closed tears at head and tail of spine joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and one or two handling marks, heavier to fore edge. Slight creasing and damp staining to corner of frontispiece, not affecting the picture. Very Good.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Aesop's Fables: Literally Translated from the Greek
- Author
- Aesop; Rev. George F. Townsend [translator]
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, London; New York
- Publication year
- 1870
- Condition
- Very Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- Harrison Weir
- Item weight
- 0.5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Literature
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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Thompson Acquisitions Ltd
The Dispensary, 8 Cleveland Pl, 8 Cleveland Place East
Bath, United Kingdom BA1 5DJ
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