Edward Garrett [ed.] — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Strahan and Co. 1868. Cloth. A charming illustration edition of 'Aesop's Fables', edited under the pseudonym Edward Garrett, likely Scottish writer and suffragist Isabella Fyvie Mayo. A particularly scarce edition of these classic fables.The editor is credited as Edward Garrett, a pseudonym used by Scottish writer, poet and suffragist, Isabella Fyvie Mayo. She was the first woman to be elected to a public board in Aberdeen, where she spent most of her life, and published poems and stories with the help of friends. It is said that her writing, together with that of Elizabeth Mayhew Edmonds, raised questions of gender and particularly shed light on the leading role women played in the Greek War of Independence. In the publisher's original decorative green cloth. Richly illustrated throughout with vignettes from J. Wolf, J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot or handling mark. Near Fine . Ill.: J. Wolf; J. B. Zwecker; T. Dalziel. Near Fine .