1984 Aesop's Fables

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Two volumes of the same work. First Gascoigne edition. With Caxton's original illustrations, printed in celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of his edition. Illustrated with colour images throughout. 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. With the illustrations of William Caxton, an English merchant, diplomat and writer thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476. He is credited with printing over one hundred books, including the first English translation of Aesop's Fables (1484). Edited by Arthur Bamber Gascoigne, an English television presenter and author who was the original quizmaster of University Challenge, and his wife Christina Gascoigne, an English photographer, artist, and editor.