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Fifty-one original fables : with morals and ethical index / written by JOB [Jonathan Birch] ; embellished with eighty-five original designs by R. Cruickshank ; engraved on wood by Slader, D. Dodd, S. Williams, Bonner, and others ; also a translation of Plutarch's Banquet of the seven sages, revised for this work.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birch, J. (Jonathan), 1783-1847.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Frevent, Harry L. (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 2 preliminary leaves, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- 51 original fables
- Original fables
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1833.
- Notes:
- Author's name appears in monogram on title-page before the word embellished.
- Preface dated Oct. 30, 1832 signed by "Job Crithannah" an annagram of the author's name.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Harry L. Frevent, May 1923.
- Contains:
- Plutarch. Septem sapientum convivium. English.
- OCLC:
- 4598931
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