Aesop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger LEstrange, Kt., with plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden.

Published by George Harrap, London, 1936

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LIMITED EDITION of 533 copies of which this is number 354. Signed in the colophon by the artist, Stephen Gooden. Hand-numbered copy printed on handmade paper. 312, (2) pages. 7.25 x 10.25 x 1.75 inches. 12 copper engravings by Stephen Gooden, including title and tail-piece, and 198 large historiated engraved initials. Original full vellum. Stamped in gold with double fillets, a fox in the center of the upper cover and grapes and vine-leaves in the angles of both covers. Cambridge University Press for George G. Harrap. With engraved title, 11 original full page copper engravings on plates, and many decorative woodcut initials by Stephen Gooden. Gilt-lettered spine and ornate covers with double gilt fillets, grapes on corners and jumping fox in the center of front cover. The slipcase is not the original one from 1936 but was created by a later master bookbinder. Re-impression of the seventh corrected 1724 edition of L'Estrange's (1617-1705) translation. Stephen Gooden's (1892-1955) masterpiece. The animals are rendered with such plasticity in every detail that they seem to jump out of the leaf. - Bodemann 434.1. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, No inscriptions, no spotting. Gilt titles to spine, gilt rule to boards, with small pictorial decorations to corners and center.

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Title
Aesop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger LEstrange, Kt., with plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden.
Author
Translated by Sir Roger LEstrange, Kt., with plates & decorations by Stephen Gooden.
Publisher
George Harrap, London
Publication year
1936
Condition
Very Good
Signed
Signed by Illustrator(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Gooden, Stephen
Edition
Limited Edition
Item weight
4 pounds

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