Item
The Fables of Aesop
- Title
- en_US The Fables of Aesop
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Hand-written
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:10:29Z
- 2024-11
- en_US 1925?
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:10:29Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1925
- Abstract
- en_US Here is the seller's description: "Not dated, approx 1920s. 32pp. Hard red & black covers with minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor scuffing/soiling. Contents clean and tight but for minor spotting/soiling. Hand-written with colour decorations. A lovely hand written collection of 11 of Aesop's moral tales." I add that there are lovely decorations, for example, around the title page's scroll and around the fables' titles. The morals are, may I say, wistful, like this for WC: "Some people are not grateful for a kindness." There is a missing verb in the sentence "They him out" in BF. There are some curious open spaces, as between "most" and "ugly" in DM or between "by" and "what" in DLS. I find the calligraphy beautiful, and the effort remarkable! Might this be our first hand-made book? How lucky am I to find it!
- Identifier
- en_US 13641 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Subject
- Aesop See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection