A Taste of Horton - A selection of items from the Horton Collection of Children's Material
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| Call. No | A BEN |
| Author | AESOP |
| Title | The fables of Aesop and others translated into human nature. Designed and drawn on the wood by Charles H. Bennett, author of Shadows. Engraved by Swain. |
| Imprint | London : W. Kent & Co., [1857] |
| Page Size | 260 x 205 mm |
| Collation | fols. frontis., t.p., [2], 22, [22] plates |
| Printer | Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. |
| Illustrations | 23 hand coloured wood engraved plates (inc. frontis.) by Swain after C H Bennett; wood engraved t.p. with circular hand coloured illustrations. |
| Binding | Buff paper; framed in triple rule, enclosing hand coloured pictorial, wood engraved on back cover; framed in triple rule, enclosing title, illustrator and hand coloured pictorial, wood engraved, with price and printer printed on front cover; rebacked with red calf; pale blue silurian e.p.; engraved book-plates on front paste-down. |
| Annotation | English Catalogue gives date as 1857. Text pages framed in rule. |
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| Contents | Introduction [by C.H.
Bennett dated 1857] Contents [22 fables with moral] |
| Tracings | KENT, W., & CO, SWAIN, BENNETT, Charles Henry BRADBURY AND EVANS, AESOP |
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