Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

en_US The Banbury Cross Series

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Enid Blyton

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Robinson, Charles

Date

2016-01-25T16:50:14Z

en_US 2000-11

en_US 1895

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:50:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1895

Abstract

en_US I had learned of this lovely little book through Ash & Higton (1990). This is a small book, 3½ x 5¾. The illustrations are beautiful, starting from the frontispiece of a stork eating frogs and a title-page illustration of children turning the pages of a book. The typical approach to a fable involves a delightful first design on a single title-page. One or two bold full-page illustrations precede the text, and a last design finishes up. Often the first and last designs are whimsical and involve children playing with the main symbols of the story. There are twelve fables: BF, SW, DM, Mercury and the Woodman, FS, GA, LM, CP, FK, FG, WL, and FC. Of the title-designs, my prize goes to that for SW. The two bold illustrations for SW are also prize-winners; Ash & Higton do well to select them as samples. FS also presents a bold pair of contrasting illustrations. The single illustration of King Stork in FK is again vivid. Even the finis design is attractive, as the characters march off into the sunset. Inscribed Hugo S. Knight, Nov., 1906 before the title-page and Hypatia Knight from Syd, May 7th 08 on the front facing endpaper. There are remnants of a red ribbon with which to tie together the two gold-embossed golden covers.

Identifier

en_US 3685 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79038

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US I. M. Dent & Co.

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A254 Ro 1895 See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole