Accession number
PML 150178
Published
Birmingham : Printed by John Baskerville, for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall mall, 1761.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
At foot of t.p.: Price bound Five Shillings.
Collected, and partly translated, partly written by R. Dodsley.
Includes R. Dodsley's An essay on fable, and The life of Esop collected from ancient writers by Mons. De Meziriac.
The morals are given in the index, which is by Shenstone.
Numerous errors in paging, including the repetition of p. vii, and the omission of p. 176 in numbering.
The vignettes are engraved by Ch. Grignion after S. Wale.
Inscribed by Dodsley to George Steevens.
Collected, and partly translated, partly written by R. Dodsley.
Includes R. Dodsley's An essay on fable, and The life of Esop collected from ancient writers by Mons. De Meziriac.
The morals are given in the index, which is by Shenstone.
Numerous errors in paging, including the repetition of p. vii, and the omission of p. 176 in numbering.
The vignettes are engraved by Ch. Grignion after S. Wale.
Inscribed by Dodsley to George Steevens.
Description
[2], iii, [1], lxxviii, 204, [28] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary mottled calf.
Classification
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