Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with Original Poems.
by Dryden, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Jacob Tonson. Good with no dust jacket. 1700. First Edition. Hardcover. Half leather binding, probably 19th century, with marbled endpages. Half of spine leather missing, board edges rubbed/frayed. Bookplate to fep. Verso of ffep has inked PO info and pencilled poem. This volume starts at the title page. 646pp followed by a single leaf numbered 565 titled The Table. Foxing and age toning. Binding holding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
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- 38439
- Title
- Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with Original Poems.
- Author
- Dryden, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacob Tonson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1700
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