Fables in verse for the improvement of the young and the old. [electronic resource] : By Abraham ¡sop, Esq; to which are added, fables in verse and prose. With the conversation of birds and beasts, at their several meetings, routs and assemblies. By Woglog the great giant: illustrated with a variety of curious cuts. By the best masters. And an account of the lives of the authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aesop, Abraham, Esq.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative poetry, English--Early works to 1800.

Narrative poetry, English.

Genre:

Poems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pp.xii,xv-xxii,xxv-130,133-140 ) ill. ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Fables in verse for the improvement of the young and the old

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the booksellers of all nations, and sold at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

Notes:

Including an advertisement for J. Newbery.

Abraham Æsop is a pseudonym.

Probably compiled by John Newbery and Christopher Smart; sometimes erroneously attributed to John Oakman.

Price on title page: (Pr. 6d. bound.)

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Roscoe, J7A (2)

English Short Title Catalog, T84723.

OCLC:

508785629