THE FABLES OF AESOP Translated into English by Samuel Croxall, D.D. With New Applications, Morals, &c. by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, Editor of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" .. With Eighty Original Illustrations.
by Aesop translated Samuel Croxall edited by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend
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London: Fredreick Warne and Co., 1887 by inscription. Hardcover. Good. Woodengraved illustrations (80) in text - these are not the Croxall illustrations, they are unsigned but in the style of Harrison Weir but NOT by him Weir although not by him.. Post octavo red pictorial cl oth (tips worn/vent to foot) viii + 152pp. Using the Croxall translation of Aesop the Rev. George Fyler Townsend added morals and applications thus The Fox & The Crow moral is Flattery Finds Favour and the Application Compliments cost nothing but many pay dear for them.
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- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- Title
- THE FABLES OF AESOP Translated into English by Samuel Croxall, D.D. With New Applications, Morals, &c. by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, Editor of "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments" .. With Eighty Original Illustrations.
- Author
- Aesop translated Samuel Croxall edited by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend
- Illustrator
- Woodengraved illustrations (80) in text - these are not the Croxall illustrations, they are unsigned but in the style of Harriso
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fredreick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887 by inscription
- Keywords
- fables illustrated morals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fable and Emblem Books;
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