Aesop's fables /
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| Author / Creator: | Aesop, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Fables. English |
| Imprint: | [London] : R. Alistair McAlpine Publishing Limited & Leslie Waddington Prints Limited, [22 October 1968] London : Curwen Press, September 1968. |
| Description: | [112] leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 40 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13152044 |
| Summary: | 'The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly accosted a lioness. "How many children do you breed?" asked the sow. "I breed only one", said the lioness, "but it is very well bred!"'The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf?This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. |
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| Item Description: | Place and date of publication from leaf [6]. Leaves [1]-[2] are blank. "This selection from the Fables which by tradition are attributed to Aesop were included in Murray's 1897 edition"--Leaf [6]. "This edition has been designed and printed at the Curwen Press, London during September 1968 on Zerkall Bütten paper. Bound by Mansell, London, in specially prepared leathers. 250 copies have been produced, numbered 1-250 and signed by the artist. 25 'hors de commerce' copies, marked H/C I-XXV have been printed for those concerned in the production. The four signed original lithographs included with each copy have been editioned at the Curwen Studio. Elisabeth Frink completed the illustrations and lithographs in July 1968"--Leaf [7]. In slipcase. |
| Physical Description: | [112] leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 40 cm |
| ISBN: | 0192840509 9780192840509 |
