Samuel Croxall [trans]; George Fyler Townsend — Fables of Aesop

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1866. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of Aesop's fables with George Townsend's application and morals, bound by Eric Sweet in crushed quarter morocco and housed in a cloth slipcase. A new 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 one hundred and ten monochrome illustrations, including a  frontispiece, and an illustrated title page. A charming collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller and fabulist whose tales were characterised by the anthropomorphic animal characters. This edition has been translated by Samuel Croxall and contains George Fyler Townsend's 'new applications, morals, etc&apos. Beautifully bound in crushed quarter morocco with gilt cloth to the boards, endpapers and blanks renewed, with a cloth slipcase. Bound in modern quarter morocco with cloth to the boards, endpapers and blanks renewed, and a cloth slipcase. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages with only the odd minor handling mark. The slipcase is excellent with minor spotting to the head. Fine . Ill.: None stated. Fine .