Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L'Estrange
Fables of Aesop, According to Sir Roger L'Estrange
Artist
Alexander Calder
(American, 1898-1976)
Publisher
Harrison of Paris
(Paris, [1931])
Publisher
Minton, Balch and Co.
(New York, [1931])
Printer
Aimé Jourde
(Paris)
Author
Roger L'Estrange
(British, 1616-1704)
Date[1931]
DimensionsSlipcase: H: 10 5/8 in. (270 mm); W: 7 3/4 in. (197 mm); Depth: 1 in. (25 mm)
Chemise: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm)
Book: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm)
Page: H: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm); W: 7 1/4 in. (184 mm)
Chemise: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm)
Book: H: 10 1/4 in. (261 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 1/2 in. (13 mm)
Page: H: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm); W: 7 1/4 in. (184 mm)
MediumReproductions: 51 line block reproductions of ink drawings (including 1 repeated on cover)
Text: letterpress (typeface: French Round Face)
Paper: Auvergne cream wove paper, watermarked
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1979.18
Not on View
cf. Garvey, Eleanor M. The Artist & the Book, 1860--1960, Boston, 1961, no. 47.
cf. Castleman, Riva. A Century of Artists Books, New York, 1994, p. 120.
cf. The Frank Crowninshield Collection of Modern French Illustrated Books, New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943, no. 85.
cf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: the Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 100.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, & llustrated Books, Jan. 22, - June 24, 1983. Toledo Museum of Art, The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,198.
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