[1884] Selections From Aesop's Fables

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

In a custom cloth chemise and custom cloth slipcase, both in a near fine condition.

A scarce versified edition of the fables of Aesop.

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.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and decorative borders and vignettes throughout.

With illustrations by E. H. Garrett, F. H. Lungren, F. Childe Hassam, George Foster Barnes, and M. J. Sweeney.

Versified by Clara Doty Bates.

Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Durham University Library and Collections.