1850 English and Hindoostanee Aesop's Fables

Description

Fine Binding, Leather Binding, Very Scarce, With Slipcase

In a quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards, renewed endpapers, in a custom cloth clamshell, an unsigned binding by Eric Sweet.

A very scarce and unique bilingual edition of Aesop's 'Fables', with Croxall's English translation to the front, and Moonshee Nizam-Ud-Deen's Hindi translation to the rear.

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 adventures of many different creatures.

Edited and revised by Major General Vans Kennedy. 

Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style.