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The History and Fables of Aesop
(Scolar Press, 1484)
A wonderfully reproduced book. The text can use the help of Jacobs' later reprinting. The 186 woodcuts (many for the life of Esope ) have their own charm but are distinctly inferior to the Ulm woodcuts from which they ...
The Medici Aesop
(The New York Public Library, 1488)
This book was published in a hardbound version by Harry N. Abrams in 1989. The lovely illustrations remain as precisely rendered here as there. In a curious move, Adele Westbrook, editor of the hardbound version, is not ...
The Medici Aesop
(Harry N. Abrams, 1488)
What a treasure! A good introduction gives a concise history of Aesop, the text of the fables, and the illustrations. This hand-written and hand-painted manuscript was done from a printed book, Bono Accurzio's 1480 version ...
Aesop's Fables in William Caxton's Original Illustrated Edition
(Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1484)
Here is an extra copy of this book. This book of 37 fables has two very positive features: the coloring of Caxton's (primitive) woodcuts and the faithful rendition of his text with modern spelling and orthography. ...
Aesop's Fables in William Caxton's Original Illustrated Edition
(Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1484)
This book of 37 fables has two very positive features: the coloring of Caxton's (primitive) woodcuts and the faithful rendition of his text with modern spelling and orthography. Different: the ox also steps on the expanding ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
Here is an unusual member of the fourth generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has, as in the case of other books in this fourth generation, gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75 to 2.95. The difference is ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
Here is the fourth generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75 to 2.95. As I mentioned about the original publication, the book is valuable because of the nicely enlarged ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
Here is the third generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75. It will go up at least once more in my history of collecting it. As I mentioned about the original ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
This is the second of two extra copies of the fourth generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75 to 2.95. As I mentioned about the original publication, the book is ...
Aesop's Fables Coloring Book
(Dover, 1476)
This is the first of two extra copies of the fourth generation of Dover's lovely coloring book. The price has gone up from $1.50 to $2.50 to $2.75 to 2.95. As I mentioned about the original publication, the book is ...