The Fables of Aesop - 1970

"This famous old edition of Aesop, with its ever-charming illustrations that light up the pointed morals, is still the most readable one. Here is the essential Aesop, to be transmitted across the generations, from parent to child. For these fables are meant to be read aloud, with a child close beside to look at pictures and print. The old magic cannot help but work: we learn again, through imperishably naive and clever stories, of the shifting bu always discernible difference between what is right and what is wrong. Joseph Jacobs was an accomplished folklorist of the turn of the century. In his modest way, he gives us the vital old stuff as it was meant to be given -- with wit and sparkle. The pictures by Richard Heighway are classics in the art of illustration. They convey the spirit of the text to the unlettered: the grotesque grace, the simple humor, the cruder vices, the subtle innocence..." - The Fables of Aesop - edited by Joseph Jacobs & Done Into Pictures by Richard Heighway Published 1970, Schocken Books, New York Softcover. Approx. 5.5x8in. 225pp. In decent vintage condition. Somewhat careworn. Has an inscription on front page to a previous owner (see photo).