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First edition, very rare first print of the first issue; 4 folio volumes, 412x262 mm, of this extraordinary work, considered to be one of the finest illustrated books ever produced in France. Coeval binding, red morocco plates framed by golden roulette, smooth caramel-coloured spine with gold friezes and two inserts with title and volume number in gold, gold edges, marbled paper endpapers, cases lined with marbled paper. Vol. I: Frontispiece, Full-page portrait, pages XXX, XVIII, 124, 70 Plates; Vol. II: pp. [4], II, 135, 1 blank, 68 Plates; Vol. III: pp. [4], IV, 146, 68 Plates;Vol. IV: pp. [4], II, 188, 69 Plates. All volumes with half-title and title pages unnumbered. Vignette in the title, engraved headpieces and finials, 209 woodcuts in the text. Splendid allegorical frontispiece with the bust of La Fontaine of Oudry, finished by Dupuis and engraved by Cochin, a portrait of Oudry engraved by Tardieu based on a design by Largillière (rarely found only in some cases) and 275 plates engraved in…
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Fables Choisies, mises en vers par J. de la Fontaine
by Jean de La Fontaine
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The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture (Vol 1) AND Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables (Vol 2)
by John Ogilby, Aesop
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Volume I--(Second Edition) The Fables of Aesop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture. London: Printed by Thomas Roycroft for the Author, 1668. Second edition with new title page, a re-issue of the 1665 edition sheets. This volume contains the frontispiece, engraved vignettes and initials, (missing Ogilby portrait), and has all eighty-one full-paged plates in fabulous condition. Light yellowing/browning of initial few pages as regular. Volume II--(Second Edition) Aesopics, or a Second Collection of Fables, illustrated with sixty-eight full-paged plates in early issue before captions were added. Pages are remarkably clean without any browning. Large folio volumes, both illustrated throughout; Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) engraved eighty-eight of the illustrations for these works, the others were executed by Dirck Stoop (c. 1610-1686) and Francis Barlow (c. 1626-1704). Both volumes are uniformly re-bound with original leather panels inset in full brick morocco bindings with gilt titles.
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The Fables of Aesop with a Life of the Author: And embellished with one hundred and twelve plates
by Aesop, Samuel Croxall
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FIRST Stockdale edition, first issue with the long "s" throughout; 2 volumes, large 8vo (270 x 165mm). VERY SCARCE Large Paper Copy. 2 Engraved title-pages and 110 plates (All 112 plates are in fabulous, unmarked condition; there is no foxing and the volumes are internally clean). Some leaves are slightly browned. Leather boards are slightly worn and previous owner's bookplates are present. Both volumes are bound in early (perhaps original) full leather bindings with faded gold lettering and decoration on the spines, gold borders on the boards.Page 198 of Vol I is misprinted as 891; the text is by Samuel Croxall. A very good, collector's copy of the richly illustrated, first edition of the famous Stockdale's Aesop.
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The Fables of Aesop: Selected, Told New and Their History Traced by Joseph Jacobs
by Joseph Jacobs
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****LIMITED EDITION (1/100) in LARGE PAPER****The Fables of Aesop, Selected, Told New and Their History Traced by Joseph Jacobs. London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. illustrated by Richard Heighway; this scarce, limited large-paper edition was published in a limitation of 100 copies; bound in 3/4 blue calf over marbled boards. [2], xxv, [1], 222 pp including index.
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The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian Tongue by Nicholo Macchiavelli, citizen and Secretarie of Florence.: And Translated into English by T. B. Esquire
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First edition in English, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, small folio, title page printed within woodcut compartment, older inscriptions to title, (marginal paper reinforcements to verso of title, ink stains), water staining to contents, some marginal paper reinforcement to several other leaves, bound in 19th century half calf with marbled paper boards; ex libris a member of the Rogers family, with engraved armorial bookplate pasted inside front board, trimmed, lacking final blank Y4, 10 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.
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Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th, 1838
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Rare first and only issue of Fores' Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation June 28th, 1838, Sixte Feet Long, Price £1. 11s. 6d Coloured, 16s Plain. Also Accurate Views of the Interior of the Abbey During the Ceremony.London: Published by Messrs. Fores, at their Sporting & Fine Print Repository and Frame Manufactory, [August 20, 1838]. Stunningly beautiful hand-coloured aquatint panorama heightened with gum arabic, c.105 x 17,380 mm., on conjoined sheets and folding concertina-style, title in French to left-hand edge and in English to right.
Condition: some light soiling and staining, particularly to small middle strip mounted on inside of spine, some tears to folds at centre, some repairs, folding into original cloth folder with metal clasps, upper cover titled and decorated in gilt, publisher's original paper labels to pastedowns, rubbed and faded, slightly stained, lower cover lacking clasp, rebacked preserving original… Read More
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