Sharpe, Richard Scrafton [attributed to but not named here]
Title
OLD FRIENDS IN A NEW DRESS; or, Select Fables of Aesop, in Verse. Third Edition: to which is added a second part.
PlacePub
London
Publisher
Smith, Elder and Co. + Chalmers & Collins 3rd edition
Date
1826
Illustrations
Frontispiece (9 scenes on fanned cards) by J.S. Sharpe /Geo. Presbury del.
Description
Duodecimo red roan spined pictorial boards (tips worn/upper hinge beginning to crack/cover rubbed & somewhat faded) vi +237 +[22]pp publisher's catalogue. In two Parts separated by a half title and a Preface. The pagination runs throughout but the fables are numbered from 1 to 48 in Part I and from 1 to 78 in Part II. Gift inscription dated 1826 (Charlotte Cecilia Jenkins the gift of her Father) and another 1872 to pastedown and name & embossed address to fly leaf. A marginal tidemark to the frontis but not affecting any other pages. *Not in Osborne which has an edition of 46pgs, but mentions a 5th ed. of 1837 where Sharpe is named as the author. This edition is scarcer than the 1837 5th edition.
Booknumber
E74358
Price
Price: GBP 30.00 or USD 37.00
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