Aesop's Fables
by Leaf , Munro
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Palestine, Texas, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Robert Lawson. A fine copy . Pristine . Full Leather . Collector's Edition : The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written . Illustrated by Robert Lawson . Frontispiece portrait of Aesop by Gillian Tyler . Typographic format by George Hornby . The first version of AESOP'S FABLES was written by Demetrius of Phaleron in Greece in about 300 B. C. and did not survive . The fables then have had a long publication histotry in various forms with the first English translation coming in 1484 . This Easton edition is a new version of AESOP'S FABLES with selections made and adapted by Leaf . Published in full leather and stamped in 22K gold . Ribbed spine . Gold gilt page edges all around . Moire endpapers . Silk ribbon bookmarker . This copy is crafted to last for generations : Smyth-sewn pages , concealed muslin joints , archival quality paper . This copy has no bookplates , names of previous owners or marks of any kind .
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- Bookseller
- The History Place
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010798
- Title
- Aesop's Fables
- Author
- Leaf , Munro
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Palestine, Texas
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