Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
AESOP. The Fables . . . With a Life of the Author. English translation by Samuel Croxall. 110 etched plates, all proofs before letters. [2], lxv, [1], 891 [i. e., 189], [1]; [2], xi, [1], 248 pages, including etched titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, 265x162 mm, late 19th-century green morocco elegantly gilt by Riviere with filigree border and concave center lozenge containing oval red morocco onlay on covers, Volume 1 joints just starting at top, Volume 2 spine worn at top; titles foxed, moderate to heavy offsetting from plates onto facing pages throughout. Property of the descendants of Mary S. Collins. tall set. London: John Stockdale, [1793]