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The fables of Aesop : with his life. : To which are added, morals and remarks, accommodated to the youngest capacities. By Robert Burton of London. : [Two lines from Gay].

Other author/creatorAesop.
Other author/creatorR. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Description141 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titleAesop's fables. English.
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15231. ^A478749
General noteRobert Burton, Richard Burton, and, most commonly, R.B., are pseudonyms used by Nathaniel Crouch.
General note"The life of Aesop."--p. [3]-6.
General note"Fables in prose and verse. To which are added, Diogenes's account of Alexander's visiting him, in Old English verse, with proverbs of Diogenes."--p. [111]-141.
General noteBookseller's advertisement, p. [144].
References Evans 15231
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 16.1
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 15231).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1777.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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