Aesop ed samuel croxall (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition, printed by Levey & Co. 8º (176 x 118 mm.), pp. xxiv, 264. Original cloth decorated in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, wood engravings throughout. Spine dulled and slightly worn, pages uniformly lightly browned, name and date on free endpaper. Very scarce: one copy listed on copac, in the British Library.…

Original Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Issued Without Jacket. Pocket Edition. xviii+296 pp. + 100 engravings, incl fold out frontis., original green cloth, blindblocked all over with gilt spine title, vg for its age, orig. yellow eps, Aesop's fables date from classical antiquity though no originals from Aesop exist, but they are legendary today from secondary sources, and they often use animals and nature to illustrate morality, at times in a very amusing way. Fine copy, no foxing. Size: Sm. 8vo [pocket size]. 100 b&w Engravings Incl Fold Out Frontis. (illustratore).…