The Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into Human Nature. Designed and Drawn on the Wood

Name: The Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into Human Nature. Designed and Drawn on the Wood
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Author: Charles H. Bennett, Author of 'Shadows', Engraved by Swain by Charles Bennett, enry

by Charles H. Bennett, Author of 'Shadows', Engraved by Swain by Charles Bennett, enry

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Swain, Joseph 1820-1909 . First edition. 22 hand-colored engravings. xi 88 pp. Small 4to. Hand-colored publisher's printed boards with brown half cloth spine. Bumping and rubbing to recto. Ffe separated but present. Bright clean pages and full color plates remain vibrant. A very good copy. The Illustrator and Book in England from 1700 to 1914, 205; Pierpont Morgan Library, Early children's books, 17.

Binding: Hardcover

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