Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: grc

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Doré, Gustave

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:52Z

en_US 1998-03

en_US 1884

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:52Z

Date Issued

en_US 1884

Abstract

en_US This book seems identical with the edition of the same name that I have listed under 1896 from Donohue, Henneberry, and Co. Let me repeat most of what I say there. This large-format book may be the best example in my collection of eclecticism and borrowing of established illustrations in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century book publishing. At least three great Aesopic artists are represented here, and the only clue to them lies in the occasional signature within a plate. (Note that many of the Tenniels here are signed by the engraver, Howland). The full-page illustrations are not printed on the back, though both front and back count as pages. Delierre is the originator at least of 127's view of MSA; Tenniel and Griset's work on the same fable is mixed together on 129. The text appears in two columns. New to me is The Ant and the Chrysalis (141). Index on 160. The cover features FG and BF vividly colored. The spine here is already split and frayed. The book's front cover is bowed, and the book has experienced significant water damage. Despite all that, it is still a lovely book!

Identifier

en_US 3606 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78968

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US R. Worthington

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 1884 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole