The Fables of Aesop and Others (Translated into Human Nature) colour pages
Hardcover. Condition: Fair, commensurate with age. Bennett, Charles H (illustrator). 132pp.22 full page, colour illustrations designed and drawn on the wood by Charles H Bennett and engraved by Swain. Contains 22 fables. In original publisher's cloth boards with gilt decorations and black rules (rubbed at edges, slightly offset, cracked on rear spine joint, rounded at corners, marked throughout). Internally some minor spotting not affecting plates, mild tanning and cracked gutters. Glorious, fine illustrations. Albeit damaged still a very nice example of this scarce and desirable volume. 4to.
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