Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into English. With Instructive Applications; and a Print before each Fable
by Aesop
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- Condition
- Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters, gathering P parti
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About This Item
J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., London, 1788. Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters, gathering P partially sprung. fourteenth Edition 6 3/4 x 4 inches, [xxxiv], 329, [7, index] pages, contemporary calf with red morocco spine label, Includes engraved frontispiece and 196 woodcut illustrations, each measuring 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches, in pagination. Neat ink owner inscription dated 1796 on front free endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Dawson's Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WAS38893
- Title
- Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into English. With Instructive Applications; and a Print before each Fable
- Author
- Aesop
- Book Condition
- Used - Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters, gathering P parti
- Publisher
- J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., London
- Date Published
- 1788
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...