The Big Book of Fables by Johanna Lehner
A magnificent treasury of popular fables, this rare compilation offers a bounty of delightful images by artist and engraver Charles Robinson, a premier Golden Age illustrator. Black-and-white line art appears on nearly every page of this hardcover volume, in addition to 28 plates of full- and two-color images. Decorative initials and borders, hand lettering, silhouettes, and other ornaments embellish renderings of more than 140 fables, some expressed in simple, direct language and others rendered in charming verse. Includes such familiar tales as The Fox and the Grapes, A City Mouse and a Country Mouse, and The Dog in a Manger, as well as lesser-known stories.
Walter Jerrold (1865-1929) was born in Liverpool but spent most of his life in London, where he followed a literary career. Starting work as a clerk in a newspaper counting-house, he went on to become deputy editor of The Observer. He edited many classic texts for the newly founded Everyman's Library, he wrote biographies, he produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland. In 1895 he married Clara Armstrong and his five daughters were obviously a ready audience and true inspiration for his bumper collection of nursery rhymes. While explaining that this was based on earlier collections made by John Newbery, Joseph Ritson, and James Orchard Halliwell, he admitted that 'Tradition in the nursery has acted as a severe editor . . .' Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was apprenticed to a lithographer in London while also attending art school. In 1892 he was commissioned to illustrate R. L. Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses for The Bodley Head. The book's success established him as a successful artist and he went on to illustrate more than a hundred books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781606601273 |
| ISBN 10 | 160660127X |
| Title | The Big Book of Fables |
| Author | Johanna Lehner |
| Series | Calla Editions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2019-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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