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Dryden, John. Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated Into Verse, From Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: With Original Poems. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713, London, 1713.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: G/G+, no DJ. Evidence of very old repair at front hinge, front hinge cracked but holding, interior age tanned, evidence of potential glue repair on title page/frontis, boards significantly worn at hinges, corners, and spine ends, light to moderate general scuffing and wear on boards, else very nice example of this scarce text (no other 1713 copies with bindings at time of posting on AbeBooks). Binding solid and straight, interior unmarked and clean, original binding worn but still in good overall condition. Gilt on spine largely present and surprisingly bright considering age.

Seller: Nick of All Trades, Penn Valley, CA, U.S.A.

DRYDEN, John (1631-1700). Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with Original Poems. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1713, 1713.

Price: US$584.80 + shipping

Description: [Verse Translations] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, an early printing. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.l; 550 [4]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full speckled calf, with raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges speckled red. Some minor ink notes to fly-leaf. Top 1.5cm of title page trimmed away, probably due to an ownership. Otherwise a crisp, clean copy internally. Heavy wear to spine, with much gilt rubbed away, including all the titles, with some loss to head-cap. Upper joint split, but holding well. Lighter wear to boards. Good. An early printing of Dryden's last published collection, originally appearing in the year of his death, and issued again in the collected works of 1701.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom