Aesop's Fables and Picture Fables

Townsend, Rev Geo. Fyler

Published by Routledge, New York

About this Item

Brown cloth boards with ornate black and red design and gold lettering. Spine is faded and worn but pages are intact. No date but presumed about 1875. This is two books in one: 300 Aesop's Fables translated from the Greek by Townsend was first published in the 1840's, in several editions, to great popular acclaim. 100 Picture Fables with Rhymes by F. Hey, translated from the German. 10 chromo plates and 214 woodcuts. An unusual and lovely volume. 1 lb 13 oz.

Seller Inventory # 10Aesop

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aesop's Fables and Picture Fables
• Publisher: Routledge, New York
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Weir, Harrison & Spekter, Otto
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No