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Title
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Aesop's Fables
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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#7 of 50 copies
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Ronald Keller
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Keller, Ronald
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:10:25Z
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2011-06
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2011
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:10:25Z
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Date Issued
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2011
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Abstract
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This is a strange treasure! It is surely one of the curiosities of this collection. Keller explains: The fables are illustrated by cast paper images of architectural adornments on buildings in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Nideggen paper. 9½ square. 14 pages. Bound by the artist: tan cloth over boards with cast paper bas relief of Aesop on front cover. Hand set and printed letterpress in American Garamond 648 by Ronald Keller. The deciding factor in the selection of fables chosen here are architectural elements represented in the bas reliefs. As Priscilla Juvelis explains in her advertising blurb on the book, The animals portrayed are to be found on buildings in the Borough of Manhattan as an integral part of the facades - not as subsidiary features or stand-apart sculpture or plaza decoration. The animals portrayed are the Lion, Rat and Elephant, Bull, and Bear. Each bas-relief image faces its page of appropriate fables. These open first to the left, then top, bottom, and lastly, to the right, so that all images may be seen when the book is fully opened. The street address where the Lion, Rat and Elephant, Bull and Bear reside is printed below the cast paper bas-relief. A beautifully constructed book, with images of the familiar creatures of these fables that amuse as well as bring the stories to life. It is quite a task for a bas-relief, but these white paper casts are more than up to it as they fit so perfectly on the tan paper and are set off by the black ink. Do not miss the last page that turns up when all others have been opened; it contains Keller's signature and this copy's number. Strange and wonderful!
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Identifier
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7540 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Red Angel Press
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Bremen, ME
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Subject
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PA3855.E5 K45 2011
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Aesop
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Type
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Book, Whole