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Aesop; George Fyler Townsend, translatorBiblio.com

Three Hundred Aesop's Fables; Literally Translated from the Greek

Aesop; Alfred CaldecottBiblio.com

Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances

1887962F17London: Macmillan & Co 1887 . Leather. Near Fine. 12" by 9.5". Randolph Caldecott. A beautiful edition of Aesop's fables delightfully illustrated in colour by Randolph Caldecott and in a vibrant quarter morocco binding by Eric Sweet. This edition was first published in 1883.With vignette colour illustrations throughout by British artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott a celebrated children's illustrator.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare" "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance honesty and hard work. The leaves of this volume have been washed.Bound by Eric Sweet in 2002 in a morocco backed marbled paper covered boards by Eric Sweet with endpapers renewed and housed in a cloth covered clamshell.Eric Sweet was a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Rebound in morocco backed marbled paper covered boards by Eric Sweet with endpapers renewed. Housed in a cloth covered clamshell case. Externally fine. Internally firmly bound. The leaves of this volume have been washed. Pages exceptionally bright with instances of handling marks to page perimeters and the odd spot. Small closed tear to tail of one leaf. Near Fine Macmillan & Co hardcover

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Aesop; Lena DalkeithBiblio.com

Aesop's Fables Told to the Children and Beasts Shown to the Children

1906962P31London: T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton & Co c1906. Cloth. Good. 6" by 5"; 6.5" by 5"; 7" by 5.5". S. R. Praeger; Percy J. Billinghurst. A scarce curated set of Edwardian adaptations of Aesop for children colourfully illustrated in a custom clamshell. A curated set of three scarce Edwardian renditions of Aesop presented together in a custom cloth clamshell made by Eric Sweet in April 2008. Clamshell is in a fine condition.All in this set have been "told to the children" by Lena Dalkeith Jeanne D'Orge an American poet artist and patron of the arts.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life following adventures of many different creatures.This set includes:'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' two copies of variant bindings. Illustrated by S. R. Praeger. Both are illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete.'Beasts Shown to the Children' illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and forty-seven colour plates. Collated complete.All edited by Louey Chisholm. All volumes are undated dated from Jisc from copied held at the British Library.Bound by Eric Sweet a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Two volumes are in the original publisher's cloth binding the third is in the original publisher's paper covered boards in a custom cloth clamshell by Eric Sweet. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little worn and discoloured with marks and rubbing spine is faded. The paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is a little rubbed with some marks spine is faded with small tears and loss to the joints with an ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Marks to the rear board of 'Beasts Shown to the Children' with a small amount of cockling to the tail of the front board front hinge is starting but firm. Internally the cloth bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' is firmly bound paper covered bound 'Aesop's Fables Told to the Children' and 'Beasts Shown to the Children' are generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Clamshell is in a fine condition. Good T. C. & E. C. Jack; E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover

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