Aesop's Fables
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Aesop
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1895
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I had learned of this lovely little book through Ash & Higton (1990). This is a small book, 3½ x 5¾. The illustrations are beautiful, starting from the frontispiece of a stork eating frogs and a title-page illustration of children turning the pages of a book. The typical approach to a fable involves a delightful first design on a single title-page. One or two bold full-page illustrations precede the text, and a last design finishes up. Often the first and last designs are whimsical and involve children playing with the main symbols of the story. There are twelve fables: BF, SW, DM, Mercury and the Woodman, FS, GA, LM, CP, FK, FG, WL, and FC. Of the title-designs, my prize goes to that for SW. The two bold illustrations for SW are also prize-winners; Ash & Higton do well to select them as samples. FS also presents a bold pair of contrasting illustrations. The single illustration of King Stork in FK is again vivid. Even the finis design is attractive, as the characters march off into the sunset. Inscribed Hugo S. Knight, Nov., 1906 before the title-page and Hypatia Knight from Syd, May 7th 08 on the front facing endpaper. There are remnants of a red ribbon with which to tie together the two gold-embossed golden covers.
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I. M. Dent & Co.
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3685 (Access ID)