"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."
| ISBN: | 9781606601273 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2019 |
| Author: | Walter Jerrold, Charles Robinson |
| Illustrator: | Charles Robinson |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Calla Editions |
| Genres: |
Traditional Tales |
"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.
The Big Book of Fables features in the following genres: Traditional Tales
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The Big Book of Fables was written by Walter Jerrold, Charles Robinson and published by Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc.
The Big Book of Fables has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Calla Editions series