[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 18th c. edition of Aesop. London: 1754

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Aesop.     FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHERS: Newly Done Into English; with an Application to Each Fable, Illustrated with Cuts. The Sixth Edition. London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts. 1754. 12mo. (30),345,(7)pp. Index. Woodcut frontispiece and text with 196 woodcuts (2" x 2-3/4"). 19th century full dark green morocco, extremities a bit rubbed. 19th century bookplate of Thomas Barker of Old Trafford, England. A small black ink stain on pages 220 and 221 affects a few words. A.e.g.    $350.00 (trade discount allowed)

Translated and edited by Samuel Croxall. Curiously, the ESTC lists editions by Tonson and Watts of 1737 (4th ed.) and 1747 (5th ed.) but not our 6th edition of 1754.

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