The beauties of Aesop and other fabulists; . being a collection of fables selected from Aesop, Dodsley, Gay, &c. for the use of schools. Arranged under the following heads, filial obedience, pride and self-conceit, anger and revenge, lying and deceit, gratitude and ingratitude, cruelty and humanity, friendship, and the choice of friends, envy and ill-nature, modesty and impudence, contentment and humility, miscellaneous and poetical. With an introductory discourse to each class. Designed to instill into the minds of youth, a love of virtue and hatred of vice. Adorned with cuts by T. Bewick.
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1802
Materials
Measurements
167 x 103 x 16 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074797
Summary
Bibliographic description
12,156p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 12mo.. Provenance: manuscript on title page: "Ben Browne" [i.e. Benjamin Browne, 1787-1807]. manuscript on rear fly-leaf: "Lucy Walker's book" [i.e. Lucy Browne, née Walker, d. 1862, wife of George Browne, 1804-1848].. Binding: Contemporary sprinkled sheepskin binding.
Makers and roles
Aesop (c.620 - 564 BCE) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Robert Dodsley (1703-1764). John Gay (1685 – 1732)