The Fables of Aesop

Title

en_US The Fables of Aesop

en_US 0

Description

en_US No Author

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US Detmold, Edward J.

Date

2018-08-29T16:42:34Z

en_US 2018-08

en_US 2014

Date Available

2018-08-29T16:42:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 2014

Abstract

en_US As I wrote of an earlier reprinting, there was a spate of reprintings of Detmold's "The Fables of Aesop" about the time that the copyright on his 1909 edition ran out. Our collection includes copies from the original publisher Hodder and Stoughton in 1981 and from Crown Publishers (1985), View Productions (1985), and Gramercy Books (1994). This present unabridged reprinting may be the finest of these recent efforts. My hat is off to Dover for publishing such a fine book – and for venturing into "fine" publishing after their success with well-made books for low prices. The frontispiece of TMCM is present. There is a list of the 25 illustrations just after the opening T of C. I am warming to these illustrations, though it remains true that they do not attempt to capture the narrative. They are fine in their own right. The smaller black-and-white illustrations are also worth noticing, starting with the dramatic image on 1 of the mouse facing an engaged lion. The illustrations are on the same high grade of paper as the text pages, but they have no printing on their verso. The helpful man in Acadian pointed this out to me, and at first I passed on it. As I finished, I took another look and was impressed and decided to take along at least one book treasure from New Orleans. FS is pasted onto the cover and faces 120. I think Detmold's work is more engaging the more it moves into richer browns and reds.

Identifier

en_US 11361 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/119066

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Calla Editions

en_US Mineola, NY

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 2014

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned