AESOP (C. 620–564 B.C.E.)
The Fables of Aesop. London: John Stockdale, 1793.
Edward Burne-Jones' copy of Stockdale's illustrated edition of Aesop. The plates are by thirty different engravers: Landseer, J. Chapman, Bell, Eastgate, Bromley, Skelton, Audinet, Martin, Barrett, and others.
2 volumes, large octavo (238 x 162mm). Two engraved title pages and 110 plates (occasional faint offsetting and spotting). Contemporary tree calf (rebacked, preserving original spine labels). Provenance: Thomas Burne (engraved armorial bookplate) – Edward Burne-Jones (booklabel with the address of the Grange, North e
End Road, Fulham).
AESOP (C. 620–564 B.C.E.)
The Fables of Aesop. London: John Stockdale, 1793.
Edward Burne-Jones' copy of Stockdale's illustrated edition of Aesop. The plates are by thirty different engravers: Landseer, J. Chapman, Bell, Eastgate, Bromley, Skelton, Audinet, Martin, Barrett, and others.
2 volumes, large octavo (238 x 162mm). Two engraved title pages and 110 plates (occasional faint offsetting and spotting). Contemporary tree calf (rebacked, preserving original spine labels). Provenance: Thomas Burne (engraved armorial bookplate) – Edward Burne-Jones (booklabel with the address of the Grange, North e
End Road, Fulham).
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