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Lot 398
Sale 470 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Nov 2, 2016
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(RACKHAM, ARTHUR) AESOP
Aesop's Fables. London: William Heinemann, 1912.Full purple morocco, (29 cm tall), decorated in gilt, a.e.g., gilt turn-ins, Hatchards 187 Piccadilly stamped in gilt, spine in six compartments. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates and illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham. Limited edition, 496 of 1450 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Translated by V.S. Vernon Jones. Sunning to spine; hinges starting; corners bumped and rubbed.


