fables æsop translated english instructive von croxall samuel (17 Ergebnisse)

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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Fables of Aesop and Others | Translated into English with instructive applications and a print before each fable. 13th Edition | Samuel Croxall | Taschenbuch | 376 S. | Englisch | 2018 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337075873 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. date not stated, but certainly printed before 1825 based on the printing information (Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Company, Paul's Work). decorative cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing. loose top hinge. long gift inscription from 1864 on the front free endpaper. a.e.g. pages lightly tanned and clean.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60008046: 1875. In-16. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur bon état. 288 pages. Reliure d'éditeur rouge avec motifs décoratifs noirs et dorés sur le dos et le 1er plat. Gravure en couleur en frontispice. 1er plat et pages de garde se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Zustand: Good. Philadelphia 1847 Cowperthwait. Hardcover. 16mo., frontis, 358p., 198 illustrations, full leather (original boards remounted professionally with full leather spine , inner hinges cracked. ) Good, light staining on a few pages, tiny puncture hole in frontispiece illustration.

Hardcover. First Edition thus. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Repaired and rebound by Amy Wertheimer in 1987 with matching slipcase with burgundy silk pull. A lovely volume. Leaves toned, touch of foxing, professional repairs of torn leaves, else tight and unmarred. Slipcase tight. Half bound, burgundy leather spine and tips, gray paper boards, in blind lettering, gray endpages. 32mo. 334pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Fine in Fine Slipcase/Very Good internally.

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. None stated (illustrator). An excellent copy Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, illustrated with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco with a clamshell casing. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition.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 a monochrome wood engraved frontispiece and monochrome wood engraved vignettes.A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition was translated and written by Samuel Croxall, and is notable for its addition of his 'instructions' to the end of each fable, which taught the reader how to apply the lessons of the fables to every day life.Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards, housed in a cloth clamshell box.Undated, dated by the binder's date. Bound in modern crushed quarter morocco with marbled paper to the boards, housed in a cloth clamshell box. Endpapers renewed. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages and the odd minor spot. The clamshell is lovely. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Leather. 8vo. Published and Sold by all the Booksellers and by T Wilson and R Spence, Printers, York, UK. 1800. Xxxvi, 336 pgs. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates + illustrative head and tail pieces. Bound in full calf with and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards scuffed and worn and bumped at the corners; gilt rubbed off of spine label). Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board, name present to the title page. Foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with Aesop's name have descended to modern times through a number of sources. They continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic mediums. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

pp. (xxiv), 329, (vii) Index. Engraved frontispiece and 196 woodcuts to illustrate the fables. Contemporary sheep newly rebacked, the fore-edge of the front board showing insect damage to the leather, ownership inscription of John Smith, 1800, and his initials on the three sides of the text-block, a very good copy. *SEE ROSCOE Bewick Bibliography, pp. 151 ff; 175-6 for a detailed comparison of Croxall's edition with Bewick.

New Edition, Improved. 12mo. xxxvi, 336p. Engraved frontis., numerous woodcuts. Marginal browning, sporadic brown stain to top edge at gutter hinge, rebound in modern calf with double blind rule to edges of boards, gilt lettered label to spine. ESTC N47273 'The London part of the imprint is false; probably printed at York.' US$557.

Zustand: Very Good. Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1831. Reprint. 12mo. 358pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound in modern morocco with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; recent marbled endpapers. Toning to spine and along edges; a few smudges and spots. Binding sound. Contemporary gift inscription on title page of a Catherine Martha from her affectionate Mother; interior else unmarked; Very Good. A neat little American production of the Croxall translation, impressively showcasing an illustration for each fable.