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Aesop's Fables Retold
Author: Aesop
Illustrated by: Elfriede Martha Abbe (American, born in 1919)
Printer and Publisher: Elfriede Martha Abbe (American, born in 1919)
Illustrated by: Elfriede Martha Abbe (American, born in 1919)
Printer and Publisher: Elfriede Martha Abbe (American, born in 1919)
1950
Place of Publication: Ithaca, New York, USA
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32.7 x 22.4 x 1.5 cm (12 7/8 x 8 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number51.609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Ithaca [NY]: Elfriede Abbe, 1950
Description(Ithaca [NY]: Elfriede Abbe, 1950) 32.7 cm; [3 ff.] 70 pp. [1 f.]; original publisher's printed rose-colored paper (printed paper spine labels).
Number 132 from an edition of 500 copies: " The woodcuts in this book were printed directly from the original blocks. The text was printed from hand-set type."
The artist gave a proof of the illustration to the Geese and the Cranes (p. [11]) to MFA (51.608)
Number 132 from an edition of 500 copies: " The woodcuts in this book were printed directly from the original blocks. The text was printed from hand-set type."
The artist gave a proof of the illustration to the Geese and the Cranes (p. [11]) to MFA (51.608)
Signed
Pen and black ink under colophon on third folio recto: "Elfriede Abbe"
ProvenanceWilliam G. Russell Allen (1882-1955, Boston); his gift to MFA, April 12, 1951.