1902 Three Hundred of Aesop's Fables

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Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

Illustrated with four colour plates and one hundred and fourteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of three hundred of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Translated by George Fyler Townsend, a British translator noted for the standard English edition of Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Harrison William Weir, a British artist. With a clamshell 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.