The cover is lavishly decorated and incised on front and spine. Aesops fables written by aesop, illustrated by clarke, maud u. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. Aesops fables or the aesopica is a collection of fables credited to aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient greece between 620 and 560 bce. Aesops fables arthur rackham, aesop david brass rare books. I was very fascinated with aesops fables and still am to this day. Find antique books, rare edition books, 1st ed books, and more. Buy aesops fables book and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. It is also sometimes used as a blanket term for any collections of short fables i.
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