Aesop — Aesop&Apos;S Fables

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first of this illustrated edition of Aesop's fables, adorned with colour plates by Charles Folkard. The first edition with Charles Folkard's illustrations. In the publisher's charming pictorial cloth binding. Collated, complete with a colour frontispiece, eleven further colour plates and numerous illustrations in the text throughout by Charles Folkard (1878-1963). Folkard studied at various art schools including the St John"s Wood School of Art and Goldsmith"s College School of Art before establishing himself through illustrating children"s classics and nursery literature.This anthology offers many classic fables originating from Aesop, including 'The Fox and the Stork', 'The Old Hound', 'The Wolf and the Lamb' and 'The Wind and the Sun&apos.With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities, most notably to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Charles Folkard. Very Good .