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Aesop's Fables
(J.B. Lippincott Company, 1949)
There is a copy of this book in better condition already in the collection. I add this book to the collection because of its two differences. First, it uses a different kind of paper, whiter and of a different texture. ...
Recueil Général des Isopets, Tome Troisième: L'Esope de Julien Macho
(Société des Anciens Textes Français: A. et J. Picard et Cie, 1982)
Here is a fine copy of a book I remember well. I went to Hamburg and spent a week in the university library there preparing comparisons reaching from Romulus to Steinhöwel through Macho to Caxton. This was my very helpful ...
The Fables of Aesop
(MacMillan, 1950)
I have an apparent first printing in the collection. Here is an eighth printing twelve years later. A handy volume in great shape. There are two aquatints per story in the familiar Jacobs version: some show good wit, ...
The Fables of Aesop
(MacMillan, 1950)
I have an apparent first printing in the collection and an eighth. Here is a ninth printing one year later than the eighth. The aquatints have changed color from the eighth to this ninth printing! There are two aquatints ...
The Sun and the Wind: An Aesop Fable
(Faith and Life Press, 1983)
Here the wind and the sun start by laying out their philosophies. The wind insists that nothing is stronger than force and that he can make people do anything he wants if he blows hard enough. The sun smiles and speaks ...
Esopo: Le Storie del Cane
(Emmerre Libri, s.r.l., 1996)
Here is a very large pamphlet of sixteen pages remarkable for its slick bright illustrations. Included are: The Dog, the Fox, and the Squirrel; A Proud Rooster; A Horse and His Father; The Cricket. In the first of these, ...
Le Favole di Esopo
(Emmerre Libri, s.r.l., 1996)
Here is a very large pamphlet of sixteen pages remarkable for its slick bright illustrations. Jupiter on the cover looks as though he has just kicked a field-goal! Included are The Fox and the Monkey, The Ass and the ...
Le Piú Belle Fiabe di Esopo
(Editoriale Zeus, 1998)
This is a 9¼ x 13¼ book of simple two-page fable spreads between cardboard covers. Each left-hand page has the same colored floral frame around its text. The nineteen fables include a number that are not on editors' usual ...
Fables (Polish)
(Unia Wydawnicza Verum, 1996)
This very sturdy and attractive book offers an excellent collection of fables from across history, with a good eye for those closest to Poles. The book works chronologically. While most of the illustrations, even for ...
Les Fables d'Esope illustrées de gravures sur bois et ornées de titres et lettrines d'apres l'incunable de 1489: LE LIVRE des Subtilles hystoires et fables DE ESOPE
(Les Fermiers Généraux: Editions du CapÉditions du Cap, 1956)
This is a beautifully produced book which I look forward to working with as I learn more about Julien Macho's role in bringing Steinhöwel's edition to people like Caxton. The initials are in red, as are several of the ...