Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Aesop
2. Brunskill, Ann
3. Croxall, Samuel, 1688 or 1689-1752
4. Godsell, Brenda

Description

1. 10 folded sheets ([3], 14 p., [8] leaves of plates) : ill.; 42 cm.

Uniform title

1. Aesop's fables. Selections. English.

Subject

1. Artists' books
2. Fables, Greek -- Translations into English

Genre/Form

1. Artist's books – Great Britain.
2. Artists' books.

Contents

1. A young man and his cat -- The lion & the mouse -- The fatal marriage -- The mountains in labour.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. Eng. 1972 99-26

Language

1. English

Note

1. 50 copies and 5 artist's proofs printed by the artist on J. Green paper from Garamond type and wood type. No. 31; signed by the artist.
2. Half title: Aesop's fables.
3. "The text is taken from the 19th century version of the Rev. Samuel Croxall"--Colophon.
4. Illustrations: 8 prints : etching, relief etching, b&w, monochrome ; full-page. Each inscribed with a caption and signed in pencil. Printed by Martin Ware.
5. Two prints have conjugate leaf with legend, not counted in collation.
6. Issued unbound, in blue cloth portfolio by Brenda Godsell; cloth dyed by the artist with decorative title: Aesop.

Title

1. Four fables / Aesop ; [illustrated by] Ann Brunskill.

Imprint

1. [London] : World's End Press, 1972.

Added author

1. Aesop.
2. Brunskill, Ann.
3. Croxall, Samuel, 1688 or 1689-1752.
4. Godsell, Brenda, binder.

LCCN

1. 85117316

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. Eng. 1972 99-26