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Select fables of Esop and other fabulists. : In three books. / By R. Dodsley. ; [Seven lines from Milton's Paradise lost].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Aesop.
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764.
Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823, engraver.
Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22158.
Standardized Title:
Aesop's fables. Selections. English
Language:
English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subjects (All):
Children's stories.
Picture books for children.
Genre:
Juvenile literature -- 1811.
Fables -- 1811.
Fiction.
Physical Description:
240 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Edition:
A new edition.
Other Title:
Fables of Esop, &c.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia: : Printed for Mathew Carey, 122, Market-Street., 1811.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Contents:
Fables. Book I. From the ancients
Fables. Book II. From the moderns
Fables. Book III. Newly invented.
Notes:
Caption title: Fables of Esop, &c.
Each fable is accompanied by a wood engraving. Engravings signed: V, JV, or IV (i.e., John Vallance), and T, or IT (i.e., James Thackara).
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22158).
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