Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Fry, Nora

Date

2016-01-25T15:24:15Z

en_US 1996-05

en_US 1921?

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:24:15Z

Date Issued

en_US 1921

Abstract

en_US I had seen too many reproductions of Fry's work. This early (first?) edition, sitting on the shelf at Bonifant, shows how good her work is in color and black-and-white. The latter offer their own witty commentary on the story, as when Cupid weeps over the cut rose of the lion's love (19). There should be eight full-page colored illustrations in all. From the good copy, the last (FG, 127) is missing; from the extra copy The Tortoise and the Eagle (75) is missing, and King Stork (58) is loose and damaged. The Ass and his Master (24) is the best of the colored pieces, I believe. T of C at the end. The book has a red cover with a paper paste-down repeating the illustration of FG; in fact this illustration is remarkable because it features a ladder.

Identifier

en_US 1137 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75922

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Washington Square: David McKay Company

en_US Philadelphia, PA

Subject

en_US PZ8.2 .A254 1921 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole