1909 First Trade Edtn THE FABLES OF AESOP By Sir Roger L'Estrange Illus. Edward J. Detmold

1909 First Trade Edition

THE FABLES OF AESOP
By Sir Roger L'Estrange

KEY DETAILS
Condition: Good
Format: Hardcover, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
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Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909
Language: English
Illustrated By: Edward J. Detmold
Collation: xvi, 152 pp. 23 tipped in plates: Complete
SKU: BTETM0001541
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CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
Original cloth binding with bumping and scuffing to boards and corners. Spine and hinges should be assessed from photos. Internally complete with 23 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Some age-related wear present, including toning, handling marks, foxing, or wear to tissue guards. Please see Photos as part of condition report.

AUTHOR BIO
Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor. Throughout his life L'Estrange was frequently mired in controversy and acted as a staunch ideological defender of King Charles II's regime during the Restoration era. His works played a key role in the emergence of a distinct 'Tory' bloc during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition to Charles II and his successor James, Duke of York (later King James II), placing them as fanatics who misused contemporary popular anti-Catholic sentiment to attack the Restoration court and the existing social order in order to pursue their own political ends. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the collapse of the Restoration political order heralded the end of L'Estrange's career in public life, although his greatest translation work, that of Aesop's Fables, saw publication in 1692.

ILLUSTRATOR
Edward J. Detmold
Edward Julius Detmold (1883–1957) was a British illustrator and printmaker celebrated particularly for his depictions of animals, birds, insects and plants. Edward and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold (1883–1908) demonstrated remarkable artistic ability from an early age, mastering etching, watercolour and colour-printing techniques and producing their own proofs. Their early work shows a strong interest in both close natural observation and Japanese-influenced decorative composition. Following Charles's death, Edward continued independently and became one of the most distinctive illustrators of the early twentieth century. His work combines precise observation with rich colour, stylised composition and elements of fantasy. His illustrations for The Life of the Bee rank among his characteristic achievements, ranging from delicate botanical studies to dramatic and imaginative scenes of life within the hive.