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Eclecta Puerilia: Sententiae, Colloquia, Fabulae, et Poemata in usum Scholarum collecta
(Excudebat T. Saint apud T. & G. Wilkie, G. Charnley, R. Spence, J. Todd, T. Wilson, and W. Tesseyman, 1787)
A very enjoyable little book, with a somewhat damaged spine after over two hundred years! The opening aphorisms should not be overlooked. They come in alphabetical sets by number of words, first the two-word aphorisms ...
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
(F.G. Melcher, 1787)
Formerly in the Lenox Library, NY. See my comments on the source from which Thomas took his inspiration, Newbury's edition of 1744/67/1966/67. This book is clearly modeled on--but not a facsimile of--Newbury's work, as ...
A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
(Harcourt Brace & World,, 1744)
This beautiful little book is the first American edition of a facsimile done in Great Britain in 1966 from the 11th edition of 1767. An extensive introduction stresses that Newbury was following Locke's revolutionary ...
Fables Nouvelles, Vol. II, Binder 1
((Nicolas-Augustin) DelalainChez Delalain, 1773)
This set of three items may be a first in this collection. It is not a book but a set of three binders containing together ninety-six cards measuring 6¾x4¼ with approximately 190 signed prints, almost all two prints to a ...
Fables Nouvelles, Vol. II, Binder 3
((Nicolas-Augustin) Delalain, 1773)
Here is the third of three binders containing together ninety-six cards measuring 6¾x4¼ with approximately 190 signed prints, almost all two prints to a card. The eBay seller writes that the three binders/volumes are from ...
Fables Nouvelles, Vol. II, Binder 2
((Nicolas-Augustin) Delalain, 1773)
Here is the second of three binders containing together ninety-six cards measuring 6¾x4¼ with approximately 190 signed prints, almost all two prints to a card. The eBay seller writes that the three binders/volumes are ...
École du Monde, Tome Sixième
(J.F. Bassompierre and J. Van den Berghen (Bruxelles), 1762)
The title continues Ou Instruction d'un Pere à un Fils, Touchant la maniere dont il faut vivre dans le Monde, divisée en Entretiens. This little book contains four discussions, Vingt-Unième Entretien through Vingt-Quatrième ...
Fabeln aus den Zeiten der Minnesinger
(Orell und Compagnie/Zentralantiquariat der Deutschen Demokratischen RepublikZentralantiquariat der Dt. Demokratischen Republik, 1757)
This is a fascinating book much of whose treasure is beyond me. What I find before me includes 94 texts many of which are recognizable old German versions of Aesopic fables. The curiosities about the book begin with a ...
Fables and Other Short Poems Collected from the Most Celebrated English Authors
(London: Thomas Cobb. Reproduced by The Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, Toronto Public Libraryreproduced by Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections Toronto Public Library,, 1731)
This book adds Volumes II and III to my 1731/1975? book from Williamsburg. Volume II includes ten fables, assorted other material, and A New Introduction to the Art of Drawing. The third volume includes eleven fables. ...
Fables and Other Short Poems Collected from the Most Celebrated English Authors
(London: Thomas Cobb. Williamsburg reprint undated.s.n., 1731)
A wonderfully curious collection of nice moralistic rhymed fables. Almost all match Gay's titles perfectly, but these are not Gay's fables! Each has a pleasing engraving. Between the fables come samples of good handwriting, ...