'AESOP'S FABLES' | FIRST EDITION HARD COVER | MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS NEW YORK
A well loved yet intact antiquarian FIRST EDITION copy of the children’s classic:
‘AESOP’S FABLES’ by Aesop & illustrated by Ernest Griset and Harrison Weir
Hard CLOTH Cover edition with original illustrated green cloth boards with graphic image of a fox & a toad; first edition published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York
Beautiful illustrated floral paper inside cover boards and profusely illustrated throughout the book with many full page plates; with a single colour frontis of ‘The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse’
Includes 187 fables; A COLLECTIBLE CLASSIC & lovely gift for the lover of children’s literature / storybooks appealing to children and adults alike; I want to read them all!
Aesop’s Fables or Aesopica; is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE or a ‘best known selection of morality tales’
9.5” H x 7.25” W x .5” thick
In original antique condition, as found; cloth covers show light wear on spine and edges |
blemishes from age and previous use | previous owner name written in pencil inside front cover | see photos
A well loved yet intact antiquarian FIRST EDITION copy of the children’s classic:
‘AESOP’S FABLES’ by Aesop & illustrated by Ernest Griset and Harrison Weir
Hard CLOTH Cover edition with original illustrated green cloth boards with graphic image of a fox & a toad; first edition published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York
Beautiful illustrated floral paper inside cover boards and profusely illustrated throughout the book with many full page plates; with a single colour frontis of ‘The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse’
Includes 187 fables; A COLLECTIBLE CLASSIC & lovely gift for the lover of children’s literature / storybooks appealing to children and adults alike; I want to read them all!
Aesop’s Fables or Aesopica; is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE or a ‘best known selection of morality tales’
9.5” H x 7.25” W x .5” thick
In original antique condition, as found; cloth covers show light wear on spine and edges |
blemishes from age and previous use | previous owner name written in pencil inside front cover | see photos
A well loved yet intact antiquarian FIRST EDITION copy of the children’s classic:
‘AESOP’S FABLES’ by Aesop & illustrated by Ernest Griset and Harrison Weir
Hard CLOTH Cover edition with original illustrated green cloth boards with graphic image of a fox & a toad; first edition published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York
Beautiful illustrated floral paper inside cover boards and profusely illustrated throughout the book with many full page plates; with a single colour frontis of ‘The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse’
Includes 187 fables; A COLLECTIBLE CLASSIC & lovely gift for the lover of children’s literature / storybooks appealing to children and adults alike; I want to read them all!
Aesop’s Fables or Aesopica; is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE or a ‘best known selection of morality tales’
9.5” H x 7.25” W x .5” thick
In original antique condition, as found; cloth covers show light wear on spine and edges |
blemishes from age and previous use | previous owner name written in pencil inside front cover | see photos
