1818 The Fables of Aesop and Others

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding, With Slipcase

Bound by Riviere.

In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase, both of which are in a fine condition.

The Royal Octavo issue, variant A with the 'Auld Clouty' vignette to the tail of page xvi, and "road of honour and honesty" to the final line of page 248. 

Facsimile receipt leaf to the front, with the facsimile thumbprint of Bewick.

The fables of Aesop, here with the important woodcuts of Bewick.

Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventure of many different creatures.

Illustrated with a vignette title, and a woodcut head-piece to each fable, alongside tail-pieces, by Thomas Bewick. Collated, complete.

Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works, and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop, the first of which was published in 1776.