Lot 206
The Fables of Aesop Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Hardcover, Edition de luxe limited to 750 copies, this being No. 130, signed by the artist on the limitation page. 12½ x 10 inches, original publisher's cream cloth with gilt illustration, decoration and lettering to upper cover, gilt lettered and decorated spine, top edges gilt, small gray scarab vignette on endpapers and gilt scarab to back cover, no pagination. 25 beautiful color plates tipped to heavy cream paper, with captioned guards, line drawn headpieces. Wear and moderate to heavy toning to covers, darker on spine; some earlier repairs to spine. Light toning to heavy, cream pages; otherwise internally a nice tight copy.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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