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The world's oldest known collection of fables and folk tales. Some of the stories credited to Aesop, a Greek slave who lived in about the sixth century BCE, are known in every corner of the globe, such as 'The Tortoise and the Hare' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'. Other familiar tales are 'The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs', 'The Fox and the Grapes' and ''The Ant and the Grasshopper'.
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Fables, Greek Fables, Translations from Greek, English Fables, Translations into English, Children's stories, Juvenile literature, Picture books for children, Children's stories, English, Aeronautics, History, Flight, Flight in art, Ascension of the soul in art, Medieval Arts, Themes, motives, Renaissance Arts, Folklore, Fiction, Folklore, juvenile literature, Children's fiction, Turtles, fiction, Rabbits, fiction, Wolves, fiction, Mice, fiction, Adaptations, Juvenile fiction, Fables, greek--translations into english, Fables--translations into english, Pa3855.e5 c32 1984Showing 11 featured editions. View all 109 editions?
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The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484 with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio
1889, David Nutt
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Binding - Binding by Zaehnsdorf of London, circa 1890, bound in Japanese style in leather with design of various animals, birds and dragons, also Japanese symbols on covers. The end-papers are decorated with birds in black on cream paper, the binder refused to sign the binding as he considered the material supplied unsuitable. Spine decorated with gold lettering on light brown leather.
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