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Select fables of Esop and other fabulists
lx [i.e., lviii], 218+, 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. (duodecimo)
By R. Dodsley. ; [Seven lines from Milton's Paradise lost].
Probably printed in 1790. Joseph James printed alone at the Chesnut-Street address from 1787 to 1790. In 1790, he became a partner of Benjamin Johnson, who issued an edition of the Fables with these illustrations. John Vallance is listed in the 1791 Philadelphia directory and was probably active in Philadelphia in 1790, before returning to England in 1793.
Error in paging: page numbers xlix and l omitted in pagination.
Relief cuts signed: V, JV [i.e., John Vallance] and T, IT [i.e., James Trenchard].
"A new life of Esop. Collected from ancient writings, by a learned friend."--p. vii-xliii.
"An essay on fable. Introduction."--p. xliv-lx.
Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 19.4
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22300).