1886 Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop of Others

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, With Slipcase

Bound by Henry Sotheran.

In a custom cloth clamshell, bound by Eric Sweet in November 2005. Clamshell is in a near fine condition.

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 frontispiece, vignette title, and a woodcut head-piece to each fable, 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.

Preface is illustrated by Thomas Pearson.

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.

Gift inscription to the recto of the front blank.