Hardcover. 4to. Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK. 1909. 80 Un-numbered leaves. Illustrated with 25 color plates. #652 of a limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by Edward Detmold on the limitation page. Bound in red cloth with titles present to the spine and the blindstamped design present to the front board. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today.
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