Twenty-Four Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists, as rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight, with illustrations after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder
by Aesop; translation by Sir Roger L'Estrange
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1928). Hardcover. No signatures. Boards protected in loose-fitting non-adhesive plastic jacket. ; Number 45 of an edition of 50 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper and specially bound. [vi], 52 pages. Blue boards with vellum spine. Gilt border decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 255 x 195mm. Top page edges gilt. Selected contents: A Fox and a Raven; A Lion and a Mouse; A Dog and a Shadow; A Sheep and a Crow; A Smith and his Dog; A Man and a Satyr; A Bull and a Ram; A Bat, Birds and Beasts; A Wolf in a Sheep's Skin; Death and an Old Man. ; 4to .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5422
- Title
- Twenty-Four Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists, as rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight, with illustrations after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder
- Author
- Aesop; translation by Sir Roger L'Estrange
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1928)
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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