Lion and Mouse

Abstract

Miniature, 2.5 x 2.5. Green covers on green paper. Aesop's LM story suddenly goes out of whack when the mouse comes running, but it turns out to be the wrong lion! And mouse waited all his life, but never was asked to help a lion in distress! The colophon remarks: What began as an Aesop's fable, soon went out of hand! The same colophon admits that Cooper Black is completely inappropriate for setting of text but chose it because it is fat and funny and to see if it could fit such a tiny page. The one illustration shows the lion's present occupation….