Aesop; Samuel Richardson — Aesop&Apos;S Fables with Instructive Morals and Reflections, Abstracted from All Party Considerations, Adapted to All Capacities and Designed to Promote Religion Morality and Universal Benevolence.

London, J. Rivington et al, [1760]. Leather. A beautifully bound eighteenth century engraved collection of Aesop's renowned fables, bound in half calf and housed in a cloth chemise and uniform slipcase. The Samuel Richardson edited edition. Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style.Illustrated with a monochrome copper engraved frontispiece, and twenty-four monochrome cooper engraved plates, each depicting ten engravings. Collated, complete. Frontispiece incorrectly bound facing pp. xv. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This collection includes two hundred and forty fables, with an account of the life of Aesop by Samuel Richardson. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards, and a cloth chemise and slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Undated, dated by copies held institutionally. Bound in modern quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards, and with a cloth chemise and matching slipcase. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally lovely. Frontispiece bound before pp.xv. Bookplate of 'Eric Sweet' to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with washed bright pages, and generally clean with only the odd spot. The slipcase has spotting. Fine . Ill.: None stated. Fine .