The Fables of Aesop

Limited Edition of 750 copies signed and numbered by the artist, This copy No.534. 4to, unpaginated, with limitation page, half title, title page and a further pp204 printed on one side only, complete with the 25 beautiful tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers red cloth binding with gilt tiles to spine and blind stamped borders, titles and centerpiece to front board in good condition with shelf wear and rubbing to top & tail of spine, edges of boards and tips with some marking and scratches to boards. Inside except for toning to end papers and the odd mark to edges of pages, all pages and tipped-in plates in very good clean and bright condition. A very nice copy of this first edition illustrated by the prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrator Edward J. Detmold.