Caxton's Aesop

Aesop

Original title: Fables from Aesop

earliest edition we have, 1968 O.U.P., 1966 hardcover 224 pages

Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Ea...

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Editions we hold

Fables from Aesop paperback · 2002 · Puffin · 32 pages · 9780142301944
Caxton's Aesop edition · 1968 · Harvard University Press · 264 pages
Fables from Aesop hardcover · 1966 · O.U.P. · 224 pages · 9780195000771

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