Aesop; Karel Teissig — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London & New York, Franklin Watts, 1971. First edition. Hardback. A smart first UK edition of this vibrantly illustrated collection of Aesop's fables, from Karel Teissig. First UK Teissig edition. Very scarce. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Each volume contains two of these classic tales. This collection contains titles such as: The Dog and the Shadow, The Boy Who Cried "Wolf", and The Goose with the Golden Eggs, amongst others. Retold and illustrated by Karel Teissig, a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic designer who became one of the most important figures of Czechoslovak poster design. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Karel Teissig. Fine/Near Fine.