aesop lestrange sir roger (16 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st thus 26 x 19 cm 52 pp illustrations after the etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts the elder. Browning to end papers re dust jacket flap, the content clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Publishers blue cloth with gilt decorative borders to the covers, the binding clean and tight with no chips splits or bumps. DJ has l small loss to rear upper corner and small chip to the top edge and head tail of the spine now in clear removable sleeve.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Various (illustrator). A richly illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, featuring 159 of these timeless tales with additional moral applications by Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with blind stamp.This edition is notable for containing 159 of Aesop's fables, accompanied by 110 original illustrations.This edition is undated, this copy has been dated using Jisc, from a copy held at The National Trust Libraries.This copy includes fables such as "The Wolf and the Lamb", "The Frog and the Fox", "The Boy and his Mother", "Snake and the Crab", "Wasps in a Honey-pot", "The Fortune Teller", "The Ox and the Frog", "The Wind and the Sun", "The Viper and the File", "The Ant and the Fly", "The Cat and the Cock", among many others. This copy is also notable for including moral applications by the Reverend George Fyler Townsend and L. Valentine.Aesop was a storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. He is best known for his collection of fables featuring anthropomorphic animals that illustrate moral lessons of honesty, wisdom and kindness. These fables have become enduring classics, continuing to be shared with generation after generation. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. One or two handling marks to the boards, with a couple of spots of damp staining to rear boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities. Joints strained, rear joint separated about four inches at the centre, and slightly at the extremities, but holding firm. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if a little age toned. One or two handling marks to fore edge. The odd spot. Good. book.

Decorated Cloth. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards with illustration of leaves in shades of red, yellow and green, black-stamped lettering on gilt label block (these are all on both upper board and spine), "The Prize Library" lettered in black upper board, b&w illus frontis plate, many b&w illus, pp xxxii, 364. N.d., c.1890. Previous owner's inscription (dated Christmas 1900) front free endpaper, endpapers toned, otherwise clean. Corners lightly bumped, head and foot of spine lightly rubbed. Very good condition. An attractive circa 1899 edition of a comprehensive collection of Aesop's ancient fables featuring anthropomorphised animals, copiously illustrated with 110 engraved illustrations. With added "morals, applications" by George Fyler Townsend (1814?1900). Townsend's edition of Aesop's fables introduced the practice of stating a succinct moral at the conclusion of each story, and continues to be influential.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. R. de la Neziere; Stephen Gooden (illustrator). A delightful set of Aesop and Fontaine's fables, illustrated and published for the 'Everyman's Library Children's Classics' Two lovely anthologies of classic fables from Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine.Published for the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.In the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated with gilt and a front board illustration. Presented here with a cloth-backed clamshell, with spine label.Comprising Sir Edward Marsh's translation of Fontaine and Sir Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop. Both illustrated with fifteen colour plates and vignettes to Fontaine's fables and numerous full page drawings to Aesop's.Clamshell provided by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrations pasted to the front boards. Held together with a cloth-backed clamshell. Externally, lovely, with only a residue mark left by label to the rear board of 'Aesop'. Clamshell is damp stained to the top edge. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. book.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). A lovely illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, presented here in a distinctive half morocco binding with clamshell. A handsome later impression of this illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, including 'The Lion and the Mouse', 'The Stag and the Horse' and 'The Boasting Mule'.Bound in half morocco, with illustrated paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in a lovely cloth-backed clamshell, with spine title label.From the translation of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange and with an introduction by British author of 'The Wind of the Willows', Kenneth Grahame.Strikingly illustrated throughout with full-page drawings by Percy J. Billinghurst, which have been later hand-coloured.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. Rebound in half morocco, with illustrated paper covered boards. With a red cloth-backed clamshell, with spine title label. Externally, book and clamshell are lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight transfer to the hand-coloured pages opposing pages. Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Marcus Gheeraerts (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this collection of fables and myths adorned with lovely illustrations after Marcus Gheeraerts. Twenty-four fables of Aesop and others collected into one volume, the first trade edition. Illustrated throughout. Including classic tales of 'A Fox and a Raven', 'The Hares and the Frogs,' 'A Fox and Grapes,' and 'A Man and a Satyr' among many others. Rendered into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, an English pamphleteer, author, courtier and press censor best known for his polemical pamphlet 'An Account of the Growth of Knavery'. Illustrated after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts, a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and minor fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). First edition. Two scarce editions of Aesop's fables, including the very scarce first edition of the Percy J. Billinghurst illustrated edition, and a late twentieth century edition also featuring his illustrations. Two volumes of the fables of Aesop, both featuring the illustrations of Percy J. Billinghurst.The first of these two volumes is the very scarce first edition of this charming late nineteenth century edition of Aesop's fables, with this edition from the English version of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange, featuring an introduction from Kenneth Grahame - author of 'The Wind of the Willows' - and illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with full page illustrations throughout - included in the pagination - from illustrator and bookplate designer Percy J. Billinghurst.The second volume is the scarce 1977 first edition of George Beal's retelling of the fables, which also features Billinghurst's illustrations throughout.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.Housed in a cloth slip case In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings, housed in cloth slip case. Externally, excellent, with bump to head of 1899 volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages of 1977 volume exceptionally clean and bright, with the odd spot to the 1899 volume. Slip case in excellent condition. Near Fine. book.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. Percy J. Billinghurst (illustrator). A beautifully bound volume of Aesop's Fables, decorated throughout with illustrations by Percy J. Billinghurst. A handsome later impression of this illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, including 'The Lion and the Mouse', 'The Stag and the Horse' and 'The Boasting Mule'.In a handsome modern rebind of quarter morocco, decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. Held in the binder's uniform clamshell, with a spine title label.From the translation of English pamphleteer Sir Roger L'Estrange and with an introduction by British author of 'The Wind of the Willows', Kenneth Grahame.Strikingly illustrated throughout with full-page drawings by Percy J. Billinghurst.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle. Rebound in quarter morocco, with decorative paper covered boards and marbled endpapers. In the binder's uniform clamshell, with spine title label. Externally, lovely. Clamshell has a hint of shelf wear, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. None stated (illustrator). A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables, with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series.Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a letteringartist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head ofBirmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctivestyle.Illustrated with one hundred and ten monochrome illustrations, including a frontispiece, and an illustrated title page.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been translated by Samuel Croxall and Sir Roger L'Estrange, and contains George Fyler Townsend's and L. Valentine's 'new applications, morals, etc'.Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Bound in cloth with moire cloth panels, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth chemise and slipcase. Externally lovely. The chemise is lovely, and the slip excellent with light damp staining to the head. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd minor spot only. Light owner's stamp to the title page. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Fourth Edition. Large quarto, two parts in one volume. In Good condition. Newly rebound in quarter brown leather with brown cloth boards. Paneled spine with a green label and gilt lettering. Part 1 textblock has a stain along the tail end of the gutter from the front free end page to page 50, archival repair to the tail edge of the engraved plate of Aesop, mild age toning, and minor soiling scattered throughout. Part 2 textblock has severe age toning, and light plus foxing on some pages throughout. Shelved in Room A Oversized. CONTENTS: Part I ([14], 476 pages, including a frontispiece portrait of L'Estrange and full-page engraving of Aesop surrounded by animals from his fables), published in 1704;-- Part II "Fables and Storyes Moralized [.]" ([16], 238, [2] pages, including a title page), published in 1699. ESTC: N8014, R202378. Both parts commonly bound together. 1397101. Special Collections.

Full Contemporary Calf. Zustand: General Cover Wear. No Jacket. Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended. 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. Size: Tall Quarto, 12" x 8 1/2".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. 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.

Unbound. Zustand: Poor. 6th Edition Corrected. First Printing. Contents include: The Preface, Frontispiece of portrait of LEstrange [missing]; Life of Aesop (29 pages); the index; Section of Fables (550 pages) [548] as follows: Aesop, Barlandus, Anlanus, Abstemius, Poggius and Miscellany Fables. [No. 500 missing - supplied with print-out] . Covers lacking. Binding copy. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 548 pp.

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Large 8vo., cream-backed brown publisher's boards lettered in gilt to spine; housed in the rather scarce printed dust jacket; with 11 wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes; pp. [viii], iii-v, [i]; 94, [vi]; almost entirely unopened, spine tips lightly bumped; previous bookseller sticker to lower paste-down, else a near-fine example, the jacket good to very good only, but seldom found at all, lightly spotted, browned along spine and to folds, chipped to extremities with some closed tears along spine. Scarce thus. Provenance: bookplate of Alma Ruth Levenson to the front paste-down. Limited to just 350 copies, this no. 268. Text reprinted from the 1692 edition of the Fables.L'Estrange originally published his version of the fables in 1692, and the translation is now thought to be one of the most popular. His edition of Aesop was commissioned by a group of booksellers and appeared two years after Locke first recommended Aesop as a first reading book for children. Muir writes it was "the best and largest collection of fables in English, and he had children especially in mind when making his compilation" The DNB notes of L'Estrange's Aesop that it was "an assemblage of fables and facetiae from a variety of sources, ancient and modern, the second volume being wholly unAesopian. The trenchant reflections added to the individual fables possess a strong political animus and were to draw severe criticism from the later whig fabulist Samuel Croxall; but all L'Estrange's translations have some degree of political colouring". The simplistic yet highly effective wood engravings are by Celia M. Fiennes, a direct descendant of the 17th-century travel writer Celia Fiennes. She was an accomplished printmaker and illustrator - in the same year as this publication, she produced twelve wood engravings for the Cresset Press edition of Matthew Stevenson's 1661 work The Twelve Moneths.

First Calder edition, limited issue, number 262 of 595 copies on Auvergne paper from a total edition of 665, scarce retaining both the slipcase and the paper-knife. The text of the present edition is based Roger L'Estrange's ground-breaking translation of Aesop's Fables (1692). Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott (1904-1977) and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) in 1930. Wheeler designed this book, the pale blue covers of which were made from schoolchildren's aprons (Becker, p. 62). The illustrator, Alexander Calder, came from a long line of sculptors, and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926, where he befriended Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, and Piet Mondrian. David P. Becker, Drawings for Book Illustration, 1980. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Original light blue paper-covered boards, front cover lettered in dark blue with Calder illustration, edges untrimmed, endleaves uncut. With the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase. A touch of foxing to wrappers, faint offsetting from paper-knife on half-title. A near-fine copy, a little wear to slipcase.