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Lot 327
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
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Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
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[AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.).] – A group of 17 works in 19 volumes of Aesop's fables, including:
Aesopi Fabula. N.p.: N.p., [ca 1670]. Modern polished calf gilt. – NORTHCOTE, James. One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected. London: Geo. Lawford, 1829, 1833. 2 volumes. Publisher’s red blind-stamped cloth gilt. -- JAMES, Thomas, Rev. Aesop’s Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources. London: John Murray, 1848. 12mo. 20th-century green crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed by ZAEHNSDORF. -- BALDWIN, Edward. The Book of Fables. Selections from Aesop, and Other Authors. New York: Robert B. Collins, 1856. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth gilt. – [Fables d’Esope] Contes et Fables, De Mr. Le Noble, Avec Le Sens Moral. Brussels: Simon T’Serstevens, 1707. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt. -- And 13 others. Together, 17 works in 19 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, condition generally good, complete list available upon request.
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch