1875 Rare Book - Three Hundred Aesop's Fables beautifully Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
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Author: Aesop. Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, translator. Harrison Weir, illustrator.
Title: Three Hundred Aesop's Fables Literally translated from the Greek With fifty illustrations by Harrison Weir.
Publisher: London, George Routledge, and Sons, no date (1875). Rear publisher's catalog dated August 1875.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7" X 5".
Pages: xxx-192 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, some light foxing mainly on the inner margin of the frontispiece & title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the color frontispiece and all the beautiful fifty illustrations by Harrison Weir.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The Book: Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, published in 1875, is a rare collection of Aesop's timeless fables, translated by Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend and beautifully illustrated by Harrison Weir. This edition stands out for its faithful translation from Greek, offering readers both authenticity and insight into the ancient world.
The Author: Aesop (c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with many fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales associated with him are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters.
The Illustrator: "Harrison William Weir RI (5 May 1824 – 3 January 1906), known as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", was a British artist.
He organized the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871. He and his brother, John Jenner Weir, both served as judges in the show. In 1887 Harrison Weir founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890."