Aesop's Fables
American trade reissue of work first published in 1912. Illustrated endpapers, half title, frontispiece (full-page color plate), illustrated title page, introduction, contents, list of illustrations, pp. 1-(224) including 12 full-page color plates, 19 full-page black-and-white plates, 8 black-and-white in-text illustrations, and 38 additional black-and-white illustrations. Bound in green cloth-covered boards; illustration pasted onto front cover; title and illustrator stamped in black on front cover; title, illustrator, and New York publisher stamped in black on spine.
Artwork Details
- Title: Aesop's Fables
- Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey)
- Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
- Author: Introduction by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (British, London 1874–1936 Beaconsfield)
- Translator: V. S. Vernon Jones (British, early 20th century)
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd. (London)
- Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company (American) New York, NY
- Printer: Richard Clay & Sons (London)
- Date: 1916 reissue
- Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process
- Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (20.5 x 16.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of John David Dalton, 1963
- Object Number: 63.598
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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