2018, ISBN: 1330456351

[EAN: 9781330456354], Neubuch, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Excerpt from The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With … Meer...

[EAN: 9781330456354], Neubuch, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Excerpt from The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio, Now Again Edited and Induced by Joseph Jacobs On the typographical peculiarities of the original - how it is composed in the fourth fount used by Caxton, and so ou - we need not dilate here. Are not these things writ ten, once for all, in the Chronicles of Blades (w. Blades' Life and Work of Caxton, ii. 157 one of the few final books written by an Englishman? Caxton's 'esope' is distinguished in the history of English print ing by being the first book to possess initial letters. A facsimile of the first of these, appropriately enough the letter A, is given at the beginning of this Preface. In the original every fable is accompanied by a woodcut: we give a few of these, reduced in size: they claim no merit but that of the grotesque. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. ***** Print on Demand *****.<

2018, ISBN: 1330456351

[EAN: 9781330456354], Neubuch, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Excerpt from The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With … Meer...

[EAN: 9781330456354], Neubuch, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Excerpt from The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio, Now Again Edited and Induced by Joseph Jacobs On the typographical peculiarities of the original - how it is composed in the fourth fount used by Caxton, and so ou - we need not dilate here. Are not these things writ ten, once for all, in the Chronicles of Blades (w. Blades' Life and Work of Caxton, ii. 157 one of the few final books written by an Englishman? Caxton's 'esope' is distinguished in the history of English print ing by being the first book to possess initial letters. A facsimile of the first of these, appropriately enough the letter A, is given at the beginning of this Preface. In the original every fable is accompanied by a woodcut: we give a few of these, reduced in size: they claim no merit but that of the grotesque. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. ***** Print on Demand *****<

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Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio, Now Again Edited and Induced by Joseph Jacobs On the typographical peculiarities of the original - how it is composed in the fourth fount used by Caxton, and so ou - we need not dilate here. Are not these things writ ten, once for all, in the Chronicles of Blades (w. Blades' Life and Work of Caxton, ii. 157 one of the few final books written by an Englishman? Caxton's 'esope' is distinguished in the history of English print ing by being the first book to possess initial letters. A facsimile of the first of these, appropriately enough the letter A, is given at the beginning of this Preface. In the original every fable is accompanied by a woodcut: we give a few of these, reduced in size: they claim no merit but that of the grotesque. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Traditional<

2017, ISBN: 1330456351

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