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Lot 118
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939)]. AESOP (ca. 620-564 BCE). Aesop's Fables. London: William Heinemann, 1912.
4to. 13 color-printed plates by Rackham tipped to mounts with numerous in-text illustrations. (Toning and light spotting to endpapers.) Original white buckram gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (darkening to spine, light soiling); custom white morocco-tipped slipcase. Provenance: John Holbrook Jr. (inscription).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 878 of 1450 copies, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Latimore & Haskell, 39.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection