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Fables of Aesop and Others. Translated into English. With Instructive Applications and a Print before each Fable
(Printed for T. Longman B. Law and Son, C. Dilly. J. Johnson, G.G.J. and J. Robinson ... [et al.],Printed for T. Longman, B.Law and Son, C. Dilly, J Johnson, et al, 1795)
This is another vintage Croxall edition from about the middle of the long period during which this edition dominated the fable market. Alas, it has lost its covers and spine. I cannot find an engraver's name on the ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
(Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly,, 1793)
This is the one of three two-volume Stockdales and one of two of them acquired within a month of each other. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
(John Stockdale, 1793)
This is the one of three two-volume Stockdales. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these editions kept the title page of the 1793 first printing (right ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. II
(John Stockdale, 1793)
This is the one of three two-volume Stockdales and one of two of them acquired within a month of each other. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. II
(John Stockdale, 1793)
This is the one of three two-volume Stockdales. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these editions kept the title page of the 1793 first printing (right ...
Fables of Aesop and Others. Translated into English. With Instructive Applications and a Print before each Fable
(W. Strahan et al, 1778)
Bodemann #107.2 calls this edition a Leicht veraenderter Nachdruck of the 1722 first edition. She refers to the illustrations as Nachschnitte--is that certain? If so, the imitation is very precise. Close inspection may ...
Fables of Aesop and Others. Newly done into English. With an Application to each Fable. Illustrated with Cutts.
(Printed for J. Tonson and J. WattsPrinted for J. Tonson at Shakespear's Head in the Strand, and J. Watts at the Printing Office in Wild-Court, near Lincolns-Inn Fields, 1722)
At last I have arrived at a first edition of Croxall! And it is a good copy. Bodemann #107.1. Croxall is first mentioned at the end of the dedication to Halifax. At the beginning, what is labeled The Contents of the ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
(Printed for John Stockdale Piccadilly,, 1793)
This is one of the most impressive treasures I have found. Unless I am deceived, it is at last a true first edition Stockdale. See 1793/1810? for two pairs of volumes found earlier that keep the 1793 title-page but were ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. I
(John Stockdale, 1793)
This is the best of three two-volume Stockdales and one of two of them acquired within a month of each other. All three pairs differ in several ways from what I believe to be a true first, listed under 1793. Though these ...
The Fables of Aesop With a Life of the Author and Embellished with one Hundred Twelve Plates, Vol. II
(John Stockdale, 1793)
This is one of the most impressive treasures I have found. Unless I am deceived, it is at last a true first edition Stockdale. See 1793/1810? for two pairs of volumes found earlier that keep the 1793 title-page but were ...