The Fables of Aesop and Others - Translated into Human Nature
by Aesop, Charles Bennett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good ++
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: W. Kent and Co, 1857. 1st Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Bennett. 1st Edition 1857. Designed and Drawn on the Wood by Charles H. Bennett, Engraved by Swain. Wonderful illustrations. Bennett, a noted artist and contributor to Punch was also a founding member of the Savage Club. Joseph Swain was an English wood-engraver. He is best known from his engravings in Punch magazine of cartoons by Sir John Tenniel. Bound in he original cloth. Book is good++ and quite bright. Marking to cloth. Edges rubbed in places. Contents quite good. Pages lightly foxed and rear pages with stating to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18408
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- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028414
- Title
- The Fables of Aesop and Others - Translated into Human Nature
- Author
- Aesop, Charles Bennett
- Illustrator
- Charles Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good ++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Kent and Co
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1857
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 18408
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Lasting Words Ltd
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...