Aesop's Fables Illustrated - Aesop

This Illustrated Collection Includes Hundreds Of Fables That Have Influenced Our World For Centuries.the Stories Attributed To Aesop, A Slave And Storyteller Who Lived In Greece Around 620564 Bce, Were Originally Passed On Through Oral Tradition Before First Being Transcribed Several Centuries After His Death. Many Of These Fables Use Animals As The Main Characters To Convey Deeper Meanings And Morals That Have Become Ingrained In Our Cultural And Personal Belief Systems, Such As The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs, The Wolf In Sheeps Clothing, And The Hare And The Tortoise. This Elegant Leather-bound Volume Includes 487 Fables, Along With More Than 100 Illustrations By Celebrated Artists Arthur Rackham And Walter Crane.aesops Fablesis One Of The Worlds Most Well-known Collections Of Stories, And Has Influenced Thousands Of Other Literary Works.