The Fables of Æsop, with a Life of the Author. Illustrated with One Hundred and Eleven Engravings from Original Designs by Herrick.
- Singerman ID
- supp1683
- Year
- 1865
- Entry
- Aesop. The Fables of Æsop, with a Life of the Author. Illustrated with One Hundred and Eleven Engravings from Original Designs by Herrick. New York: Hurd and Houghton; Boston: E. P. Dutton, 1865. xii, 311 p.
- Author/Editor
- Aesop
- Location
- New York, NY
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- The Fables of Æsop, with a Life of the Author. Illustrated with One Hundred and Eleven Engravings from Original Designs by Herrick.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton
- Notes
- Fable 19, "The Hunted Beaver" (pp. [86]-87). The concluding "Application" introduces the Inquisition and its persecution of the Jews. "The Life of Æsop" (pp. [1]- 35) and the instructive "Application" that follows each of the 110 fables are unsigned but are known from the signed British editions (London, 1722, etc.) as the work of Samuel Croxall, likewise the translator from Greek. Another ed.: New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869 [c1865].
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Aesop, “The Fables of Æsop, with a Life of the Author. Illustrated with One Hundred and Eleven Engravings from Original Designs by Herrick.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/52242