Fables of Aesop

Beschreibung:

A lovely copy of Aesop's fables, complete with woodcuts done after Bewick, in a smart modern binding by Eric Sweet. Smartly bound in a smart modern quarter calf binding with paper to the boards, with renewed endpapers, in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase, bound by Eric Sweet in 1992, with his label to the front paste down. Chemise and slipcase are in a fine condition.Illustrated with a woodcut to each fable, done in reproduction of Bewick, in addition to a frontispiece, which is by Charlton Nesbit, who was an apprentice of Bewick. It is likely that Nesbit produced the woodcuts in this work in imitation of his teacher. Collated, complete.The fables of Aesop, here translated and edited by Samuel Croxall, being the sixteenth Croxall edition.Aesop's Fables is a selection of fables, generally attributed to the Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, who lived around 620 BCE-564 BCE. The fables are moral tales that guide in religious and secular aspects of life, following adventure of many different creatures.Engraved after Bewick with a head-piece to each fable. Bewick's woodcuts of 'Fables' is one of his best known works, and spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated Aesop, the first of which was published in 1776.Croxall was noted for this edition of 'Fables', for his easy colloquial style and their instructive applications, a popular and oft-reprint translation.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. In a smart modern quarter calf binding with paper to the boards, with renewed endapers, in a custom cloth chemise and cloth slipcase, bound by Eric Sweet. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Prior owner's ink to the recto of the frontispiece, and head of the title page.A few neat archival repairs to the text, including to the frontispiece, pages 137 to 144, and smaller repairs to a few other pages, with no loss of text. Chemise and slipcase are in a fine condition. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 961P62

Diesen Artikel melden