c1900 Aesop's Fables

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Complete in two volumes. Very scarce editions. Illustrated with numerous in-text images. 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. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. Volume one contains twenty-seven tales, including: The Dog and His Shadow, The Lion and The Mouse, and The Hare and The Tortoise, amongst others. Volume two contains twenty-nine tales, including: The Fox and The Grapes, The Farmer and His Sons, and The Kid and The Wolf, amongst others. With illustrations from Ernest Gristet, a French-born painter and illustrator noted for the humorous interpretations of his subjects, and Joe Burton, a British artist and illustrator.