One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected
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Northcote, James
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1828
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Here is a third copy of the first edition of the first volume of Northcote's fables. The binding and cover are again apparently contemporary. This copy has the same lack of the frontispiece portrait of Northcote. Again, the order on 272 of fables 89, 90, and 91 is incorrect. In this copy, no advertisements follow that last page. In keeping with a standard practice in this collection, I will keep this copy of the first edition in the collection as well as the earlier two copies. Remarks made on the copy follow. At last I have found my way back to a first edition of Northcote's first volume. The second volume was published posthumously in 1833. Northcote himself died in 1831. The illustrations are again here remarkably sharp. For a sample from this work, try Fable XLVIII on 125. Death summons an old man and upbraids him for not heeding his earlier warnings. The man cannot comprehend "earlier warnings." Death mentions the deaths of the man's contemporaries and even of his children and repeats his demand that the man follow now. The tailpiece shows two men looking far out to sea with a telescope. Both of these illustrations are well executed, though in different styles. It has been remarkable to find this book at such a low price!
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George Lawford
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11846 (Access ID)