G. Washington Aesop [George Thomas Lanigan] — Fables

London, W. Mack, 1885. Cloth. A very scarce collection of illustrated fables from Canadian writer George Thomas Lanigan. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and over twenty in-text images. A collection of parody versions of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of these tales contain the typical animal characters. With titles including: The Merchant of Venice, The Good Samaritan, and The Wolf and the Kid, amongst others. Written by George Thomas Lanigan, under the pen name G. Washington Aesop, a Canadian journalist and poet. Illustrated by Frederick Stuart Church, an American artist and illustrator especially known for his depictions of animals. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light bumping and chipping to the extremities. Loss of the paper to the spine with discolouration to the extremities and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Library ink stamp to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: F. S. Church. Good .