Fables from John Price Antiquarian Books

Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsey and Company, for Archibald Constable..., 1809. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo, 184 x 112 mms., pp. [lxiii - lxiii [lxiv blank], 192; x, 241 [241 blank], bound in contemporary half plum calf, gilt spine; binding a little worn, but a good copy. The Quarterly Review noticed the work in 1810,… Read more about this item

London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1714. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 187 x 113 mms.,pp. [ii], vi [vii - viii Contents], 310, page 178 correctly numbered, recent modern half calf, marbled boards, title in gilt on spine; some light browning and waterstaining to margins, but a good copy.

In Venetia Appresso li Guerigli, 1646. 12mo, 103 x 53, pp. [6] 7 - 264; [2] 3 - 95 [96 "Registro"], including engraved and printed title-page and separate title-page following page 264 for "Rime di Missier Giacomo Sannazaro Nuouamente ristampatem & ripurgate di molti errori: E aggiuntoni di vuouo in questa vitima Impressione, la Terza Parte," with the same… Read more about this item

London: Printed by W. Bulmer...Sold by R. Faulder..., 1796. Large 8vo, 230 x 162 mms., pp. [iv], xxxv [xxxvi blank] [3] 4 - 280, engraved wooduct on title-page, 24 head and tale woodcuts, finely bound, by C. Hering with his pink ticket on the upper margin of the verso of the front free end-paper, in contemporary straight… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. Baldwin..., 1757. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo, 145 x 80 mms., pp. [iv], 208, contemporary sheepskin, skilfully rebacked with old spine laid down. A good copy, with the bookplate, engraved by Evans, of Robert Cunliffe on the front paste-down end-paper. THe Monthly Review commented, "We bestow alms upon cripples,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Bekcet..., 1773. 4to, 207 x 153 mms., pp. [9], 10 - 65 [66 blank, 67 - 68 adverts, including half-title, engraved vignette on title-page, original boards, spine of marbled paper (slightly defective with pieces missing) The first edition was published in 1771 and received somewhat sniffily by The Monthly Review, which… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts. 1753. 2 volumes. 8vo, 200 x 117 mms., pp. [xiv], 194; [iv], 155 [156 blank], volume 2 a fifth edition, with the binder having bound leaves signed (a) - [(a2)], between the last two leaves (M1.2, pp. 154 - 155), engraved vignette on title-page of and engraved… Read more about this item

Glasgow, Printed for Alexander M'Kenzie [no date], [?1755]. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 160 x 92 mms., pp. viii, [9] - 192, with X2 paginated 164 on recto and 163 on verso, registration continuous throughout, volume 2 with half-title only, 19th century half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards. A very good copy. The printer,… Read more about this item

Te Amsterdam, nij deErven P. Meijer, en G. Warnars, 1784. 3 volumes. 12mo, 132 x 74 mms., pp. [iv], 124; [vi], 132; [ii], 110 [111 - 112 index], engraved vignette of Gellert on each title-page, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, 149 engraved plates, by N. van der Meer after J. Buys, contemporary continental half calf, speckled boards, spines… Read more about this item

Berlin [no publisher] 1753. Small 8vo, 145 x 78 mms., pp. vi, [7] - 69 [70 blanks], engraved title-page with vignette of flowers in a basket, with 8 blank leaves before title-page and 9 blank leaves after last leaf of text, contemporary lightly mottled calf, gilt border on covers, gilt spine, red morocco label, marbled end-papers, with large contemporary… Read more about this item

Paris Librairie des Bibliophiles Rue Saint-Honore, 338. 1873. FIRST EDITION of this translation. Small 8vo (in 4s), 106 x 62 mms., pp. 133 [134 printer's notice, 135 - 136 adverts], including half-title, title-page in red and black, handsomely bound in full contemporary red morocco, gilt borders on covers, floral ornaments in each corner of border, spine gilt… Read more about this item

London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G. Robins..., 1772. 8vo, 200 x 130 mms., pp. xii, 312, woodcut headpiece vignettes for each of the 48 fables, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary (?original) blue boards; no end-papers, boards a bit rubbed and joints slightly tender. Thomas Marryat (1730 - 1792)… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1761. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [ii], iv, lxiii [lxxiv blank], 130, [3], 133 - 175, 177 - 204, [28] pp. index, engraved frontispiece, 15 full-page engraved plates usually with 12 small engravings on each leaf, but with two leaves having fewer, 3 engraved vignettes, 3 engraved tail-pieces, 19th century… Read more about this item

London: Printed for R. Francklin..., 1755. 8vo, pp. [vi], 173 [174 blank, 175 - 176 adverts], title-page in red and black, engraved frontispiece, 16 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments; spine slightly split, top and base of spine chipped, joints cracked, corners worn.