Accession number
PML 85487
Creator
Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852.
Published
London : Harvey and Darton 55, Gracechurch Street, and William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill, [1820].
Notes
Verse adaptation of 19 of Aesop's fables; written by Richard Scrafton Sharpe (cf. Osborne Coll.).
"With several copperplates." -- upper wrapper.
At foot of upper wrapper: Price sixpence.
Date of publication from upper wrapper; at foot of several illustrations: Published by Willm. Darton April 29, 1820.
Pagination includes frontispiece.
First and last leaves pastedowns.
Publisher's book list on lower wrapper.
Intaglio illustrations are printed on the same page with letterpress.
Illustrations have been attributed to William Darton.
"With several copperplates." -- upper wrapper.
At foot of upper wrapper: Price sixpence.
Date of publication from upper wrapper; at foot of several illustrations: Published by Willm. Darton April 29, 1820.
Pagination includes frontispiece.
First and last leaves pastedowns.
Publisher's book list on lower wrapper.
Intaglio illustrations are printed on the same page with letterpress.
Illustrations have been attributed to William Darton.
Description
46, [2] p. : ill. (etching) ; 15 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Ms. inscription at head of t.p. is dated: 1821.
Provenance
Charles Todd Owen; Elisabeth Ball.
Binding
Later brown morocco; publisher's buff printed wrappers bound in.
Classification
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Department