The Fables of Aesop

Title

en_US The Fables of Aesop

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Frances Barnes-Murphy

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Barnes-Murphy, Rowan

Date

2016-01-25T16:08:20Z

en_US 1994-10

en_US 1994

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:08:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 1994

Abstract

en_US One hundred and three fables with thirty full-color paintings and many pen-and-ink drawings. The former are unusually well defined. In her first note, Rowan says that the morals have been so over-quoted that they have become cliches. I have elected to tell the stories as Aesop would have, leaving readers to discover for themselves the universal truths they contain. (Her next page refers unfortunately to the Augustina. ) There are some very nice touches in this lovely book. The crow with cheese shows up in the leaves above the grape-seeking fox on 16. In MSA (32), the ass simply breaks free and disappears into the crowd. Pairs of pages are often grouped by subject. On 90 and 91, there are matching mice illustrations for BC and The Cat in Disguise. In the latter, the cat wraps herself in some old sacking. Among the best colored illustrations are The Oak and the Reed (37), The Cocks and the Hens (41), The Bald Knight (54), The Lion in Love (75), and--my grand prize-- The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (88). T of C at the front, AI at the back.

Identifier

en_US 0688070515 (RTE)

en_US 1965 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77530

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books,

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.B196 Ae 1994 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