B24831

Shelfmark

Gm.1.01 - Gm.1.02

Author

Aesop

Uniform title

[Aesop's fables., English, 1793]

Title

The fables of Æsop, with a life of the author: and embellished with one hundred & twelve plates.

Varying form of title

Ais-opou mythoi

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. 4th June,, 1793.

Physical description

2v plates ;, 27cm.

Note

Misprint at the end of vol. 1 - p. 189 appears as 891.

Note

The titlepages are engraved.

Note

Elephant octavo.

Note

Translated by S. Croxall.

Note

Pagination: [2], lxv, [3], 189, [1]; [2], xi, [2], 248p.

Citation/references note

ESTC T84992

Additional physical form available

Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 7517, no. 01).

Additional physical form available

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Provenance

Ms. inscription in both vols.: "Isaac Preston 1862 from E.H.L.P.".

Binding

19th? century red grained morocco; gilt decoration and fillets to form a border; four raised bands; blind tooling on spine; spine title: "Æsop's fables".

Subject

Aesop's fables.

Subject

Fables, Greek, Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Stockdale, John, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Croxall, Samuel, translator.

Added entry--name

Preston, Isaac, former owner.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B24831

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aGm.1.01 - Gm.1.02

1001#$aAesop

24010$aAesop's fables.$lEnglish$f1793

24514$aThe fables of Æsop, with a life of the author: and embellished with one hundred & twelve plates.

2463#$aAis-opou mythoi

260##$aLondon :$bPrinted for John Stockdale, Piccadilly. 4th June,$c1793.

300##$a2v plates ;$c27cm.

500##$aMisprint at the end of vol. 1 - p. 189 appears as 891.

500##$aThe titlepages are engraved.

500##$aElephant octavo.

500##$aTranslated by S. Croxall.

500##$aPagination: [2], lxv, [3], 189, [1]; [2], xi, [2], 248p.

5104#$aESTC T84992

530##$aMicrofilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 7517, no. 01).

530##$aElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

561##$aMs. inscription in both vols.: "Isaac Preston 1862 from E.H.L.P.".

563##$a19th? century red grained morocco; gilt decoration and fillets to form a border; four raised bands; blind tooling on spine; spine title: "Æsop's fables".

63004$aAesop's fables.

650#0$aFables, Greek$xEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aStockdale, John$ebookseller.

7001#$aCroxall, Samuel$etranslator.

7001#$aPreston, Isaac$eformer owner.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.