Aesop's Fables
by Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned.
- ISBN 10
- 1850070458
- ISBN 13
- 9781850070450
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ware, England: Omega Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned.. 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. 1850070458 . xv, 201pp. Introduction by Kenneth Grahame. 100 of Aesop's fables translated in the 17th century by Sir Roger L'Estrange, and with elegant black and white illustriaons by Percy J. Billinghurst. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Aesop, known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was a slave in the mid-sixth century BC in Greece. He is assumed to have written many of these curious moral parables, and they have been added to and translated into many languages since they were first collected.
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52514
- Title
- Aesop's Fables
- Author
- Aesop; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (translator)
- Illustrator
- Percy J. Billinghurst
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket sunned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 1850070458
- ISBN 13
- 9781850070450
- Publisher
- Omega Books
- Place of Publication
- Ware, England
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 1850070458, Aesop's Fables
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories and Essays;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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