Select fables, in three parts. . Part I. Fables extracted from Dodsley's. Part II. Fables with reflections, in prose and verse. Part III. Fables in verse. To which are prefixed, The life of Aesop; and an essay upon fable.
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1784
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3064611
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 308p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 12mo.. Possibly first state lacking 2 page index present in later impression (Schiller).. Provenance: indecipherable signature with 1850 date at top of title page.. Binding: contemporary mottled tree-calf binding with gilt on spine and leather label.
Makers and roles
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE) John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Robert Dodsley (1703-1764). Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)