The Fables of Aesop

Title

en_US The Fables of Aesop

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US #83 of 350 copies

en_US Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt.

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US Fiennes, Celia M.

Date

2016-01-25T16:18:51Z

en_US 1996-07

en_US 1926

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:18:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1926

Abstract

en_US The text is taken from L'Estrange's 1692 edition. The book presents 201 fables, with twelve of Fiennes' wood engravings plus a cockerel on the colophon page (after 94). The wood-engravings are: CJ (1), FK (11, one of the liveliest), A Horse and an Asse (20), A Cat and Venus (31, another of the best), A Fox and a Goat (40), A Man and a Wooden God (51, one of the most dramatic), Two Cocks Fighting (60), 2W (67, well done), The Washing of a Blackmore (76), A Raven and a Snake (85), and A Gnat Challenges a Lyon (94). The wood-engravings give the impression of being silhouettes with very fine white lines defining their areas. I like them; in fact, I regret that there are only twelve! I had received this book just before going off on sabbatical, and had not yet accessioned it or removed it from my want list. What a pleasure it is now (August, '97) to find it as I return! A slim book, beautifully made.

Identifier

en_US 2696 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78231

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Golden Cocker Press

en_US Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 L43 1926

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole