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Catalogue of Fable and Emblem Books

For a full description and to order a book, click on its Reference number:

Books 21 to 40

Reference

Author

Title

Date

Price

J65865 Anon EARLY BLOSSOMS OF GENIUS AND VIRTUE including Maxims of early Wisdom, Juvenile Memoirs, a great variety of examples of the Moral Virtues and a Selection of Moral Poesy Embellished with Engraving 1801 Price: GBP 50.00 or USD 62.00

E11549 Moore,(Edward) (1712-1757) MOORE'S FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX Embellished with engravings 1806 Price: GBP 28.00 or USD 34.00

E63420 Moore,Edward MOORE'S FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX embellished with engravings 1806 Price: GBP 25.00 or USD 31.00

E69841 Wynne,J.H.] (Illustrations attributed to Bewick) CHOICE EMBLEMS, Natural Historical, Fabulous .. For the Improvement & Pastime of Youth .. 1812 Price: GBP 120.00 or USD 148.00

E6663 Gay,John (1685-1732) FABLES By JOHN GAY With the Life of the Author. Embellish'd with seventy elegant engravings. In one volume complete 1816 Price: GBP 48.00 or USD 59.00

E74211 Gay, John (1685-1732) (Bewick illustrations) FABLES by the Late Mr. Gay in One Volume Complete. 1816 Price: GBP 30.00 or USD 37.00

E69415 Taylor, Jefferys AESOP IN RHYME with some Originals 1823 Price: GBP 40.00 or USD 49.00

E74358 Sharpe, Richard Scrafton [attributed to but not named here] OLD FRIENDS IN A NEW DRESS; or, Select Fables of Aesop, in Verse. Third Edition: to which is added a second part. 1826 Price: GBP 30.00 or USD 37.00

E1536 Crithannah,Job (J. Birch) (Cruikshank illustrator) FIFTY-ONE ORIGINAL FABLES, with Morals and Ethical index ... Embellished with eighty-five original designs by R. Cruickshank: engraved on wood by Slader, D. Dodd ... and others. Also a translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages, revised for this work. 1833 Price: GBP 85.00 or USD 105.00

J70718 Blanchard, P. DELASSEMENS DE L'ENFANCE ou Lectures Instructives et Amusantes TOME PREMIER (Volume I) 1834 Price: GBP 16.00 or USD 20.00

E12808 Northcote, James ARTIST'S BOOK OF FABLES 1845 Price: GBP 42.00 or USD 52.00

E70200 Goethe,W. von (Kaulbach illustrations) REINEKE FUCHS 1846 Price: GBP 275.00 or USD 338.00

E7453 Gay, John (1685-1732) FABLES by JOHN GAY with upwards of one hundred Embellishments 1849 Price: GBP 24.00 or USD 30.00

E69476 Taylor, John Edward MOUSE AND HER FRIENDS with other stories 1855 Price: GBP 28.00 or USD 34.00

E60940 Carmichael, Mary D.I. A NEW DRESS FOR AN OLD FRIEND intended for the amusement of children, being A Fable of Aesop in Rhyme .. With illustrationsw by the Authoress. 1857 Price: GBP 36.00 or USD 44.00

J73920 Bennett, Charles H. (1829-1867) THE STORIES THAT LITTLE BREECHES TOLD, and The Pictures which Charles Bennett drew for them. 1863 Price: GBP 70.00 or USD 86.00

J71336 Saxby,Elizabeth M.A.F.] but no mention in book EARTH's MANY VOICES Second Series 1864 approx) Price: GBP 6.00 or USD 7.00

E3590 Cats,Jacob (1577-1660) & Robert Farlie (Van Veen illustrations) MORAL EMBLEMS with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of all Ages and Nations from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie. With illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works, by John Leighton. The whole translated and edited, with additions, by Richard Pigot 1865 Price: GBP 68.00 or USD 84.00

E69946 LaFontaine FABLES DE LA FONTAINE précédées de la Vie D'Esope Accompagnées de notes nouvelle par D.S. [M.D. Saucie] 1871 Price: GBP 10.00 or USD 12.00

E55782 La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695) (Gustave Doré illustrator) THE FABLES OF JEAN DE LA FONTAINE, Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury. To which is added An Essay on his Life and Works, also, The Life of Aesop, The Phrygian. Profusely Illustrated by Gustave Doré. 1880 approx. Price: GBP 65.00 or USD 80.00

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