fables aesop eminent mythologists von lestrange sir roger (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 52 p. 26 cm. 24 b&w drawings after the etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the elder. Purple cloth with gold impressing. In mylar-covered beige dustjacket. Jacket has tears in top portion and some soiling. Fables such as "A Fox and a Raven," "A Stag Drinking," "A Horse and an Ass," "Death and an Old Man," etc. Many, such as "A Wolf in a Sheep's Skin" are familiar to today's readers while others are less common. Notes at rear on the illustrations and Sir Roger. An attractive book under an unpreposessing jacket. Version follows the revised reprint issued in 1724.

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.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good+. Condition Notes: Spine and boards somewhat faded, external joint between upper board and spine has a couple of small holes. Hinges strained in the centre of the book.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10¼" x 7¼" (0.6 kg); pp 52; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #106201 ||.

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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 8th. frontispiece, engraved portrait, title, 548pp. 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.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardback, handsome rebind in period style panelled full-calf, in modern cloth slipcase. New end-papers. 32.5cm x 21cm. Pp. [8], 28, [8], 480. Engraved portrait of :'Estrange by R. White after Geoffrey Kneller (slightly trimmed). Engraved plate of Aesop surrounded by animals. 1st L'Estrange edition 1692. Minor fading to spine. Some occasional marginal annotations, some small repaired tears, and small losses to top margins. Some spots and marginal water-staining to page 1/2 of 'The Life of Aesop.' However generally a clean copy. Scarce. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ar20).

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.