1722 Fables of Aesop and Others

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Very Scarce, With Slipcase

The very scarce first Croxall translation of this work.

Illustrated with a frontispiece by G. Van der Gucht, and with vignette woodcuts throughout by Elisha Kirkall.

Samuel Croxall was an Anglican churchman, writer and translator, particularly noted for this translation of Aesop's Fables.

ESTC T84707

With an index to the rear.

Rebacked, retaining the contemporary calf boards with gilt detailing, and with endpapers renewed.

Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions.

Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.

Housed in a cloth clamshell box, lined with felt.