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Lot 369
Sale 437 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 5, 2016
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Lot Description
(AESOP, BASKERVILLE)
Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.Small 8vo, full polished calf, nicely rebacked in full gilt. a.e.g. Illustrated with 16 full page engravings and numerous head- and tail-pieces. Minor paper repair to bottom of title page and frontispiece, and the final two leaves of index are lightly toned; previous owner's names on front endpaper: A. G. Richards and C. Butler, dated 1885.


