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Three hundred Aesop's fables / literally translated from the Greek by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend ; with one hundred and fourteen illustrations, designed by Harrison Weir and engraved by J. Greenaway.

Accession number
PML 89000
Published
London ; New York : George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate ; 416 Broome Street, 1871.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, Printers, Bread Street Hill"--verso of t.p.
"Life of Aesop"--p. xxv-xxviii.
Numerous engraved illustrations, variously signed: H. Weir, H.W., J. Greenaway sc., or J.G.
"To Raymond from Gammie on his tenth birthday, August 6th 1911"--inscription in pencil on verso of p. [2].
Description
[2], xxxii, 224, [2] p. : ill. (engravings) ; 18.5 x 13 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Full tree calf, gold tooled with dentelles and marbled boards, edges gilt.
Classification
Department