1981 The Fables of Aesop

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, With Slipcase

Reproduced from the original edition of 1909. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-two colour plates, with numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection 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. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific Victorian book illustrator. 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.