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Aesops Fables - The Banbury Cross Series (Hardcover)
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Aesops Fables - The Banbury Cross Series (Hardcover)
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The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books
edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s.
Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial
page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading
artists of the era. This book 'Aesop's Fables' presents a select
collection of some of Aesop's most entertaining stories with
thought-provoking morals along with Robinson's beautifully
imaginative and humourous black and white pen and ink
illustrations. Contents Include: The Daw in Borrowed Feathers, The
Sun and the Wind, The Dog in the Manger, Mercury and the Woodman,
The Fox and the Stork, The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Lion and
the Mouse, The Crow and the Pitcher, The Fox and the Grapes, The
Wolf and the Lamb, and The Fox and the Crow. About the Illustrator:
Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was a British illustrator of the
Golden Age born into an industrious and well respected family of
deeply talented illustrators. His childhood was spent absorbing the
family craft and when 25 his first full book was published - Robert
Louis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses. Both his intricate and
ornate pen and ink drawings as well as his rich watercolours
display a languidness and elegance that is influenced by the
burgeoning Art Nouveau movement. His art is characterised by a
certain exuberance and playfulness that perfectly enhance the text
they illustrate. About the author: Aesop (c. 620-560BC) is famous
for his Fables which are still used as the basis of many children's
plays and cartoons and to teach moral lessons today. He was born in
Greece and little is known about his life except that he was a
slave of Ladmon of Samos who received his freedom. Aesop probably
did not personally commit his fables to the page but rather later
eminent Greeks such as Socrates recorded them. Many of the earliest
children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and
before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook
Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable,
high quality editions, using the original text and artwork so these
works can delight another generation of children.
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