Illustrating Aesop 2
(2025, 176 pages with dozens in colour, $19.95, 6 inches wide by 8,75 inches high, printed in Toronto on beautiful laid paper)

This sequel to Illustrating Aesop has 82 fables retold in verse by Warren Clements and illustrated by the best in the business, ranging in date from 1484 (the first Aesop published in English, by William Caxton) to modern day. Artists include Wenceslaus Hollar, Arthur Rackham, Sylvain Sauvage, Ernest Griset, J.J. Mora, Edward Detmold, Walter Crane and Boris Artzybasheff - just the tip of a gorgeous iceberg. Fables include such favourites as The Monkey and the Dolphin (hint: don't lie to a dolphin), The Eagle and the Turtle (memo: turtles can't fly), The Heron (don't wait for larger fish) and The Lion's Share (might makes right). The morals have resonance even today - particularly today, come to that.

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