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FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS: WITH MORALS AND REFLEXIONS
by AESOP; L'ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- General Cover Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Sare, et al, 1704. together with: "FABLES AND STORYES MORALIZED. BEING A SECOND PART OF THE FABLES OF AESOP.. R.Sare, London, 1699. Twenty-eight page "Life of Aesop" in front of the book.Notes in an old hand rear endpaper and laid-in card. Contemporary panelled covers, The book has been rebacked by professional handbinder, new endpapers from old matching stock.New black leather spine labels. Leather has been renourished. Original panelled covers are well-preserved. See photos. Frontispiece portrait of L'Estrange and full-page engraving of Aesop surrounded by animals from his fables. Wide margins, clean text. Slightly darker toned paper used in rear 1/3 of the tome. A very nicely-preserved copy.. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Full Contemporary Calf. General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Tall Quarto, 12" x 8 1/2".
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014207
- Title
- FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS: WITH MORALS AND REFLEXIONS
- Author
- AESOP; L'ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - General Cover Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended
- Publisher
- R. Sare, et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1704
- Size
- Tall Quarto, 12" x 8 1/2&qu
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Aesop, Fables
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Quarto
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- Calf
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- Jacket
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