Fables of Flora. By Dr. Langhorne.
Place and Imprint: New York: Published by D. Longworth, at the Shakespeare Gallery, L. Nichols, Print, 1804.
Edition: First edition illustrated by Alexander Anderson, issue without the series title for Longworth's Select Modern Poets.
Bibliographical References: Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators, 224; not found in American Bibliography.
Condition: Paper boards a little stained and rubbed; some browning in the text, particularly where an early owner appropriately pressed flowers; very good copy.
Book ID: 28967
Physical Description
12mo, original tan boards skillfully rebacked, untrimmed. 11 copper engraved plates and 11 wood engravings in the text.Comments
An early work by the prolific American wood engraver Alexander Anderson (1775-1870), who has often been referred to as the father of American wood engraving. Like other of Anderson's early works, this one is partly derivative (the cooper plates are after the work of English engraver Thomas Stothard), but the wood engravings of flowers are Anderson's original work and represent one of his "more charming productions" - Hamilton. English poet John Langhorne's Fables of Flora (1771) was very popular (and sometimes satirized) in its day, and there were several illustrated editions.Price: $500.00
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