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An edition of Fables (1489)

Aesop

five centuries of illustrated fables. Selected by John J. McKendry.

by , , , and

  • 42 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

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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95

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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 1984

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Fables
June 3, 1996, Walker Books Ltd
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Fables
August 7, 1987, Aulton Press
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Cover of: Fables (Acting Edition)
Fables (Acting Edition)
August 1986, Samuel French Ltd
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Cover of: Fables
Fables
September 24, 1971, Franklin Watts Ltd
Paperback
Cover of: Aesop
Aesop: five centuries of illustrated fables. Selected by John J. McKendry.
1964
in English
Cover of: Aesop
Aesop: Fables (Classics)
September 30, 1954, Penguin Classics
Cover of: The fables of Aesop
The fables of Aesop
1909, Hodder & Stoughton
Cover of: Esopus
Esopus
1882, Brockhaus
in German
Cover of: Fables of AEsop and Others
Fables of AEsop and Others
1850, T. Cowperthwaite & Co.
Cover of: Fables of Aesop and Others
Fables of Aesop and Others
1788, Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington
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Publish date unknown, Edward
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The illus. are virtual facsims. of the original prints in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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[New York] Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn

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95 p. illus. ;
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95

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OL19168020M

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