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Famous Dutch School Aesop View picture(s) 1 AESOP. Fabulae Graecae & Latinae, nunc denuo selectae: Eae item, quas Avienus Carmine expressit. Acc. Ranarum & Murium Pugna, Homero olim asscripta: Cum elegantissimis in utroque libello Figuris, & utriusque Interpretatione, plurimis in locis emendata. Ex decreto DD. Hollandiae Ordinum, in usum Scholarum. utrecht, Ex off. Georgius à Poolsum, 1685. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. vellum. With small woodcut of a fox sitting under a tree on title, woodcut depicting Aesop with animals dancing around him and children wearing a crown looking in the door, illustrating Aesop's life, 40 woodcuts illustrating Aesop's fables, and 6 woodcuts illustrating the "Battke between the Mice and the Frogs", all by Christoph van Sichem. 134, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Classical Antiquity  Fable Books  Schoolbooks  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With an interesting discourse on the definition of the genre View picture(s) 2 ARNAULT, Antoine Vincent. Fables. Paris, Imprimerie Gilé Fils for Jh. Chaumerot, Chaumerot jeune, 1812. Sm.8vo. Contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt, with decorative flowered borders on sides, gilt inner borders, g.e. With folding engraved frontispiece by Boilly, showing an elegant company of animals in human dress, drinking, courting and making music in a Paris Salon. XVIII, 154, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  French  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Italian for beginners View picture(s) 3 BARNABÈ, Stephanus. Teutsche und Italianische Discurs, Sambt etlichen Proverbien, Historien und Fabeln. München, In Verlag Johan Herman von Gelder, Gedruckt bey Sebastian Rauch, 1673. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed, sides richly blind stamped in panel design with the armorial supralibros of the "Conventus Lincensis Carmelitar Discalceator" on frontcover, with 2 small brass clasps. 229, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Children's Books  Education  Fable Books  Fairy Tales  German  Italy  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully illustrated by Georg Paul Busch View picture(s) 4 BELLEGARDE, [Jean Baptiste MORVAN DE]. Les fables d'Esope Phrygien, avec celles de Philelphe. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de discours moraux &  historiques, & de quatrains à la fin de chaque discours.  On a joint à cette nouvelle traduction les fables diverses de gabrias, d'aviénus, & les contes d'Esope. Amsterdam, Jean Pierre Schmid, 1736. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, red mottled edges. With richly engraved frontispiece showing Aesop on a raised stage talking to the people surrounding him, including children, and a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying down below, engraved emblematic device on title, title printed in red and black, full-page engraved plate illustrating Aesop's life in 6 small scenes, and illustrations to 117 fables of Aesop on 59 full-page engraved plates, all engraved by Berolini after beautiful and strong designs by G.P. Busch. 477, (9) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Fable Books  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early American imprint View picture(s) 5 CHAMBAUD, Louis. Fables choisies, à l'usage des enfans, et des autres personnes qui commencent à apprendre la langue Françoise, avec un index alphabétique de tous les mots traduits en Anglois. Baltimore, Warner & Hanna, 1810. 12mo. Modern half calf, gilt title on spine. vi, 7-165, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fable Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare fables from France View picture(s) 6 COINTÉ, Camilia. Recueil de fables amusantes et très morales, a l'usage de la jeunesse, et dédié aux enfants de France. Paris, T.M. Aubry Dile-Roupe, 1847. Sm.8vo. Contemp. half dark green morocco, spine ribbed and richly gilt, marbled edges. With small woodcut on title, 22 woodcut illustrations at the head of fables, and 38 woodcut head- and tail-pieces in text. 144 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Fable Books  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Bidpai fables in a beautiful binding View picture(s) 7 GALLAND, Antoine. Les contes et fables Indiennes, de Bidpai et de Lokman. Traduites D'Ali Tchelebi-Ben-Saleh, auteur Turc. Oeuvre posthume. Paris, Jacques Ribou, 1724. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and elaborously gilt with flowers and other figures, gilt calf title-labels, triple-fillet borders on both covers, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. 9 full-page engraved plates illustrating some of the fables. XL, (4), 390, (2); (2), 382, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bindings  Fable Books  French  India  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Greek gods and goddesses explained View picture(s) 8 GENLIS, Mme de. Arabesques mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinités de la fable ... Le texte contenant l'histoire des faux dieux, de leur culte, le détail des cérémonies religieuses, etc. précédé d'un discours sur la mythologie en général et particulièrement sur l'influence que dut avoir le paganisme sur le caractère, les moeurs et la littérature des anciens Grecs et des Romains. Ouvrage fait pour servir à l'éducation de la jeunesse. Paris, Charles Barrois, 1810-1811. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spines ribbed and richly gilt, sides with richly gilt dentelles, inner panel with gilt-stamped decoration in the 4 corners, gilt inner dentelles, with green silk endpapers, g.e. (BOZERIAN). With intricate and arabesque emblematic designs of the main attributes and symbols of all the Gods and Goddesses of the fable, all very refined and beautifully coloured by hand, on 78 full-page numbered plates, engraved by Gaitte after original designs by the author. (4), XXX, 266 (=166); (4), IV, 228, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bindings  Book History  Fable Books  Literature  Mystics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated by Otto Eerelman View picture(s) 9 GOEVERNEUR, Johan Jacob Antonie. Fabelen en Gedichtjes.- Hoe langer hoe Liever.- Vertelseltjes op Moeders Schoot.- Het Laatste Boekje. Leeuwarden, Hugo Suringar, (1888). 4 vols. Sm.4to. Contemp. half cloth, with chromo-lithographed plate by Otto Eerelman on front covers. With 98 full-page chromo-lithographed plates by Otto Eerelman, 24, 26, 24 and 24 in the four vols. respectively. 72; 64, (2); 66, (6); 72 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Chromolithography  Education  Fable Books  History  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Indian fables: original Dutch edition, from the library of the Duke of Arenberg View picture(s) 10 HEYNS, Zacharias. Voorbeelsels der oude wyse, handelende van trouw, ontrouw, list, haet, gheswindicheyt, ende alle andere menschelijcke gheneghentheden. Wit d'Indische sprake, in d'Arabische, Hebreische ende Latijnsche overgheset, ende nu in de Duytsche vertaelt, verçiert met vele rijm-spreucken, ende figueren. Amsterdam & Zwolle, Broer Jansz. for Zacharias Heyns (in Zwolle), 1623. Sm. 8vo. 19th-century calf, spine ribbed with brown morocco title label, sides blind-stamped with triple fillets in a geometrical pattern decorated with small stamps of animal emblems and with the coat of arms of Arenberg in centre on both sides, green painted edges. With woodcut printer's device on title, and 101 woodcuts in text, many composed from blocks cut in small parts and joined together in order to get the correct illustration for the fable text, including 9 woodcuts decorated by ornamental borders at either side. 8, 125, (3) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Armorial Bindings  Bindings  Dutch  Fable Books  India  Provenance  Schoolbooks  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Giving a good impression of children's daily life in the early nineteenth century View picture(s) 11 HOEN, PIETER 't. Fabelen en Kleine Gedichten voor Kinderen. Amst., Jacobus de Ruijter, 1803. Sm.8vo. Blind half cloth. With allegorical vignette on engraved title by J. de  Waal and 48 full-page engraved plates by A. Hulk Jacobsz., C. Bogerts and C. Philips Jz. after designs by A. Hulk  Pietersz. and P. Wagenaar. X, 182 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Dutch  Fable Books  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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From the library of Hans Fürstenberg View picture(s) 12 IMBERT, [Barthélemie]. Fables nouvelles. Paris, Delalain, 1773. Large 8vo Contemporary light brown morocco, spine richly gilt, with two black title-labels, with gilt borders on sides, gilt inner decoration, g.e. (P. BOZERIAN). With fine engraved frontispiece by D. Née after J.M. Moreau in four states, the first a cancel, the second an 'épreuve d'artiste', the third signed by the artist and the engraver, and the fourth with all the lettering added to the plate. (4), 232, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bindings  Fable Books  French  Libraries & Collections  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare fables View picture(s) 13 JOLIVEAU, Adeline. Fables Nouvelles en Vers, divisées en Six Livres, suivies de quelques Poésies. Paris, Cordier et Legras, La veuve De Vaux, An X - 1801. 12mo. Contemp. half green morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, red mottled edges. With fine engraved frontispiece showing King Lion carrying away a lamb caught by the wolf. 252 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Education  Fable Books  France  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare Swedish edition View picture(s) 14 JONCHERE, Charles Chrétien DE LA. Fables, imitées de Lessing, Gellert, Lichtwer, Pfeffel, Dodley, et autres Fabulistes Étrangers, suivies de Fables Originales. Stockholm, Imprimerie de Jean Imnelius, 1819. Sm.8vo. Contemp. red morocco, spine richly gilt with green title-label, with gilt fillet borders on sides, gilt binding edges, g.e. (2), 144, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Fable Books  French  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Illustrated by the best Dutch artists View picture(s) 15 LA FONTAINE, Jean DE. Fabelen, In Nederduitsche vaerzen overgebragt door J. Nomsz. Amsterdam, Allart & Holtrop, 1786. 5 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black title-labels. With 2 richly engraved frontispieces, one by R. Vinkeles after J. Buys and the other by Reinier Vinkeles after Oudry, portrait of La Fontaine by B. Picart, engraved vignettes by R. Vinkeles on 5 titles, and 276 full-page engraved plates by J. Punt, A. Delfos, and R. Vinkeles, all after designs by Jean Baptiste Oudry. VIII, 162; VIII, 192; VIII, 181 (1 blank); VIII, 189, (1 blank); IV, 203, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Dutch  Engravings  Fable Books  La Fontaine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Colourful stories View picture(s) 16 LA FONTAINE, [Jean DE]. Fables. Cent fables choisis. Introduction de L. Tarsot. Paris, Henri Laurens, (ca. 1899). Large 4to. Orig. gilt cloth, with full-page coloured illustration on front cover, g.e. With numerous plates and illustrations in text by Henry Morin, of which 12 are very beautifully coloured in pochoir. IV, 199, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Fable Books  La Fontaine  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the masterpieces of French eighteenth-century book illustration View picture(s) 17 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam (=Paris), (Duchesne), 1762. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, spine with gilt flowers and calf title-label, covers with triple-fillet gilt borders and a gilt flower in every corner, inside covers gilt as well, g.e. 2 volumes preserved together in modern slipcase. First volume contains 1 engraved portrait of La Fontaine, and 39 engraved plates illustrating the fables, second volume with an engraved portrait of Charles Eisen and 41 engraved plates. In total 4 vignettes and 53 beautifully engraved head- and tailpieces adorn the 2 volumes. XIV, 268, (2), 16; VIII, 306, (8 + 2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  Illustrated Books  La Fontaine  Literature  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare second issue of the original edition View picture(s) 18 LA FONTAINE, [Jean] de. Nouveaux contes (quatrième partie). Contenant, Comment l'esprit vient aux filles. L'abbesse & les nonnains. Les troqueurs de femmes. Le cas de conscience. Le diable de Papefiguiere. Feronde, ou Le purgatoire. Le pesautier. Le roy Candaule, & le maître en droict. Le diable en enfer. Le jugement du compere Pierre. Pâté d'anguille, Les lunettes. Jeannot & Catin. Le cuvier. La chose impossible. Le magnifique. Le tableau. Les fous. Amsterdam, Corneille Jans Zwol, 1676. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt binding edges, red mottled edges. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, with blank pedestal underneath, woodcut title vignette, head pieces and initials. 168 pp. Collation: A-K8, L4. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  Fairy Tales  French  La Fontaine  Literature  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Poetry in praise of education View picture(s) 19 LAFARGUE, Étienne DE. Poëme sur l'éducation, dédié à M. Le Comte Charles, Fils de M. Le Duc de Luynes. Paris, Chez Guillot, Librairie de Monsieur, 1788. Sm.8vo. Contemp. green morocco, spine gilt with red title-label and decorated with charming small gilt harpsichords, with gilt triple fillet borders on sides with small gilt flowers at the four corners, gilt binding edges, g.e. With full-page engraved plate showing a young boy studying at home with his private tutor and his father watching, 4  finely engraved headings for each stanza of the educational poem, and several charming woodcut tail-pieces to the added fables and miscellaneous poetry. (4), XVIII, 135, (9) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Courtesy Books  Education  Fable Books  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Popular French fable book View picture(s) 20 LE MONNIER, Abbé Guillaume-Antoine. Fables, contes et épitres. Paris, Ch.Ant. Jombert, L. Cellot & Cl.Ant. Jombert fils, 1773. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with red title-label, lettered in gold, with triple gilt fillet border along the edges on sides, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by B.L. Prevost after C.N. Cochin, some elegant typographical ornaments. XXIV, 215, 7, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Fable Books  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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