{"product_id":"aesops-fables-illustrated-by-charles-folkard-1916","title":"Aesop's Fables, Illustrated by Charles Folkard, 1916","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAesop. Aesop’ Fables. London: Adam \u0026amp; Charles Black, 1916. Illustrated by Charles Folkard. Reprint. Octavo. In the publisher's original pictorial blue cloth, stamped and illustrated in black, yellow, and green on the front board, spine, and back board, front board and spine with black titles. Illustrated with twelve full color, full page illustrations, including the frontispiece, with numerous line illustrations in the text. Presented with a new archival slipcase. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented is 1916 printing of \u003cem\u003eAesop’s Fables\u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Charles Folkard. This book was published by Adam \u0026amp; Charles Black in London, a reprint of an earlier 1912 gift edition by the same publisher. This anthology offers almost two hundred of the classic fables originating from Aesop, including \"The Fox and the Stork,\" \"The Old Hound,\" \"The Wolf and the Lamb,\" and \"The Wind and the Sun.\" The volume is beautifully bound in the publisher’s original pictorial blue cloth, decorated in black, yellow, and green on the front board, spine, and rear board, with the titles stamped in black on the front board and spine. The text is accompanied by twelve full color full-page plates, including the frontispiece, as well as numerous black and white line illustrations throughout. The book is presented with a new archival slipcase for preservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe collection known as \u003cem\u003eAesop’s Fables,\u003c\/em\u003e sometimes referred to collectively as the \u003cem\u003eAesopica,\u003c\/em\u003e comprises a body of moral tales traditionally attributed to Aesop, a Greek storyteller believed to have lived between approximately 620 and 560 BCE. These short narratives, most often featuring animals endowed with human characteristics, convey moral lessons through concise and memorable storytelling. Over many centuries, the fables have been translated into numerous languages and adapted across a wide range of cultures, appearing in oral tradition, printed literature, theatrical adaptations, and later forms of popular media like film and animation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrations in this edition were executed by the English artist Charles James Folkard (1878–1963), one of the most accomplished illustrators of children’s literature in the early twentieth century. After briefly pursuing a career as a stage conjuror, Folkard turned to book illustration and gained early recognition with his drawings for \u003cem\u003eThe Swiss Family Robinson\u003c\/em\u003e in 1910. His reputation was firmly established with his illustrated edition of Carlo Collodi’s \u003cem\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e in 1911, a work that remained widely circulated for many years. Folkard subsequently produced a series of notable illustrated volumes for the publisher A. \u0026amp; C. Black, including \u003cem\u003eGrimm’s Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (1911), \u003cem\u003eAesop’s Fables \u003c\/em\u003e(1912), and \u003cem\u003eThe Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e (1913). Throughout the following decades he continued to illustrate numerous fairy tale and nursery collections, like \u003cem\u003eOttoman Wonder Tales \u003c\/em\u003e(1915), \u003cem\u003eMother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes \u003c\/em\u003e(1919), and \u003cem\u003eBritish Fairy and Folk Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (1920), culminating in the celebrated \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Nursery Rhyme \u003c\/em\u003e(1932). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCONDITION:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery good condition. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOctavo. Publisher's original pictorial blue cloth, stamped and illustrated with Folkard's design in black, yellow, and green on the front board, spine, and back board. The front board and spine are titled in black. Small surface scratches and fading to printed boards, bumping on corners and top and bottom of spine, small minimal fraying to cloth at head and tail caps. New linings. Interior pages toned, with occasional small stains in margins, finger smudges. Illustrated with twelve full color, full page illustrations, including the frontispiece, with numerous line illustrations in the text. xx, 209, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads] pp. With new archival cloth slipcase with inlay on the front. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook Dimensions:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e 8 3\/8\" H x 6 1\/4\" W x 1 1\/2\" D \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlipcase Dimensions: 8 13\/16\" H x 6 1\/2\" W x 2\" D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by our company’s letter of authenticity.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Great Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48507220754661,"sku":"BK1292","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/3070\/files\/aesops-fables-illustrated-by-charles-folkard-1916-2985693.jpg?v=1773725913","url":"https:\/\/www.great-republic.com\/products\/aesops-fables-illustrated-by-charles-folkard-1916","provider":"The Great Republic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}