The Fables of Aesop and others, Translated into Human Nature, Designed and Drawn on the Wood...engraved by Swain
London: W. Kent & Co., (1857). First Edition. Hardcover. Undated title page, but preface by Bennett dated October 1857. Small quarto, 10.5 x 8.5 inches, cloth backed pictorial paper-covered boards. This is the colored edition. Good with some discoloration, mottling and rubbing to cloth spine, boards with soil and darkening, small stains, corner bumping and corner wear, contents mainly very good but with some bumping to upper outer corners of pages throughout. Bookplate of Francisci Stanton Carey, and a few text pages have old and neat small patches on their blank versos. With colored frontispiece, title page and 22 plates illustrating 22 fables. Good. Item #h44381
Price: $125.00