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FIRST Stockdale edition, first issue with the long "s" throughout; 2 volumes, large 8vo (270 x 165mm). VERY SCARCE Large Paper Copy. 2 Engraved title-pages and 110 plates (All 112 plates are in fabulous, unmarked condition; there is no foxing and the volumes are internally clean). Some leaves are slightly browned. Leather boards are slightly worn and previous owner's bookplates are present. Both volumes are bound in early (perhaps original) full leather bindings with faded gold lettering and decoration on the spines, gold borders on the boards.Page 198 of Vol I is misprinted as 891; the text is by Samuel Croxall. A very good, collector's copy of the richly illustrated, first edition of the famous Stockdale's Aesop.

All plates present with "1822" watermark, probably the sheets from the first edition were used to make this 1823 edition. The Address leaf, often missing (Tooley) is also present. Very minor foxing and offsetting in the title page; ALL illustrations are virtually spotless with no marks/offsetting/spotting. A crisp copy!

Aesop's Fables, Signed by Arthur Rackham. A new translation by Vernon Jones. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heineman, New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1912. First Edition. Published with a limitation of 1450 copies, this being # 1405. Rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco with gilt titles and floral design to spine. 4to. 224 pp. Contains thirteen color plates tipped-in on brown paper, and 53 illustrations in black & white. Pages internally clean and almost spotless!