Description: Makarony Fables. Fables for Grown Gentlemen. By the Author of "Crazy Tales" (John Hall-Stevenson). London: Printed for Circulation Amongst Private Subscribers Only 1897. Originally published in 1768. Three Hundred copies only of this volume have been printed on hand-made paper, and five copies on Japanese vellum. Not numbered. 258 pages; eight fables in ribald verse parodies including Mandeville's Fable of the Bees and the Black Bird (about Stearn) addressed to the imaginary Society of the Makaronies. Maroon blind stamped cloth boards; spine lettered in gilt; top edge gilt; all other edges uncut. Boards worn with dent to front board; corners and spine ends bumped; gilt lettering dulled. Internally, binding and hinges firm; contents clean and unmarked. Paste downs and endpapers tanned; small tear rear endpaper; light pencil notation front endpaper. A good copy - please see the photographs.
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