Aesop’s Fables.

VERNON, Jones [Translator]. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

Item Number: 135442

London: William Heinemann, 1912.

First trade edition of Rackham’s finely illustrated rendition of Aesop’s Fables. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with thirteen color plates with captioned tissue-guards and fifty-three black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Vernon Jones. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. In near fine condition.

One of the leading literary figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration, Arthur Rackham's work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolor, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. "Arthur Rackham’s fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233).