1869 1st English ed Krilof RUSSIAN Fables Aesop La Fontaine Grimm Ivan Krylov
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1869 1st English ed Krilof RUSSIAN Fables Aesop La Fontaine Grimm Ivan Krylov
A scarce first English edition of Krilof and His Fables. Compiled and edited by William Ralston Shedden Ralston this classic work of the esteemed Russian fabulist Ivan Andreyevich Krylov includes a memoir followed by 93 of his beloved fables! Accompanying the fables throughout are various notes and commentary by Ralston along with a myriad of woodcut vignette engravings overseen by the famous Dalziel brothers. The woodcuts were illustrated by A.B. Houghton and J.B. Zwecker.
Famous fables include, The Two Peasants, The Grandee, The Hop-Plant, The Quartette, The Landlord and the Mice, The Leaves and the Roots, The Slanderer and the Snake, The Cat and the Nightingale, and many others!
Item number: #40617
Price: $499
KRYLOV, Ivan Andreyevich; RALSTON, W.R.S. (Editor); DALZIEL, Brothers (Engrav.)
Krilof and His Fables
London: Strahan and Co., 1869. First English edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete
xlii, [2], 180, 32
Illustrated throughout
Provenance: Bookplate – James Bonar
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; secure
Green cloth
Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)
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A scarce first English edition of Krilof and His Fables. Compiled and edited by William Ralston Shedden Ralston this classic work of the esteemed Russian fabulist Ivan Andreyevich Krylov includes a memoir followed by 93 of his beloved fables! Accompanying the fables throughout are various notes and commentary by Ralston along with a myriad of woodcut vignette engravings overseen by the famous Dalziel brothers. The woodcuts were illustrated by A.B. Houghton and J.B. Zwecker.
Famous fables include, The Two Peasants, The Grandee, The Hop-Plant, The Quartette, The Landlord and the Mice, The Leaves and the Roots, The Slanderer and the Snake, The Cat and the Nightingale, and many others!
Item number: #40617
Price: $499
KRYLOV, Ivan Andreyevich; RALSTON, W.R.S. (Editor); DALZIEL, Brothers (Engrav.)
Krilof and His Fables
London: Strahan and Co., 1869. First English edition.
Details:
Collation: Complete
xlii, [2], 180, 32
Illustrated throughout
Provenance: Bookplate – James Bonar
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover; secure
Green cloth
Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
40617
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1869 1st English ed Krilof RUSSIAN Fables Aesop La Fontaine Grimm Ivan Krylov
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