Aesop — Aesop&Apos;S Fables, with Proverbs and Applications

London, Bliss, Sands & Co, 1897. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Aesop's fables with additional proverbs and applications, illustrated with charming engravings throughout, and bound in crushed moroco. A new edition, with proverbs and applications.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 monochrome vignette wood engravings. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. Bound in modern quarter gilt cloth with crushed morocco boards, endpapers and blanks renewed, half title and list of publications retained. Bound in modern quarter cloth with crushed morocco boards, endpapers and blanks renewed, half title and list of publications retained. Externally lovely. Internally generally firmly bound with only the odd page starting, other wise firm, with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Fine . Ill.: None stated. Fine .