Accession number
PML 60342
Uniform title
Aesop's fables. English. Selections.
Published
Birmingham : Printed by John Baskerville, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall mall, 1761.
Credit line
Julia P. Wightman,
Description
[2], iii, [1], lxxviii, 204, [28] p., [12] leaves of drawings, [16] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings, drawings) ; 19 cm (8vo)
Notes
Collected, partly translated, and partly written by R. Dodsley.
Includes R. Dodsley An essay on fable, and The life of Esop collected from ancient writers by Mons. De Meziriac.
The morals are given in the index, which is by Shenstone.
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Includes R. Dodsley An essay on fable, and The life of Esop collected from ancient writers by Mons. De Meziriac.
The morals are given in the index, which is by Shenstone.
Interleaved
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, by Charles Lewis, with his ticket; in PML case.
Provenance
Julia P. Wightman.
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