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Catalogue of Antiquarian Books 1700-1900

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In our Catalogue this is Booknumber E64259

Author Jacobs, Joseph (edits and introduces)
Title FABLES OF AESOP as first printed by WILLIAM CAXTON in 1484 with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio. I HISTORY OF THE AESOPIC FABLE.
PlacePub London
Publisher David Nutt 1st edition thus (Bibliothèque de Carabas).
Date 1889
Illustrations Frontis from the Bayeux tapestry.
Description LIMITED EDITION (550 of which 500 for sale) pictorial printed parchment covers (spine darkened, strengthened on inner face, not visible without removing casing). Limitation leaf + publisher's list leaf +xix +[1]p pedigree of Caxton's Aesop +283pp inc. Appendix, synopsis of parallels and index. Partly uncut unopened. Titlepage has a small erasure to blank area, slight edge browning not extending into the margin. *Jacobs' History of the Aesopic Fable which includes the influences from India and Oriental fables and a long section on Aesop in England is a thorough study of the influences of earlier fables on Caxton's compilation. An in depth study.
Booknumber E64259
Price Price: GBP 28.00 or USD 34.00
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