Aesop Illustrations: Gole 1685

These illustrations come an 1685 edition of Sinryke fabulen , with engravings by Jacob Gole (online at the Internet Archive). Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Gole slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Flowers of Fable

These illustrations come an 1847 edition of Flowers of Fables (online at the Internet Archive). Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Flowers of Fables slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Croxall (1814)

These illustrations come an 1814 edition of Croxall's Aesop (online at the International Children's Digital Library). The images are clearly inspired by Francis Barlow. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the 1814 slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Aunt Louisa

These illustrations come Aunt Louisa's Oft Told Tales (online at the International Children's Digital Library), published sometime in the 1870s. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Aunt Louisa slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Weir Favorites

These illustrations come from an 1870 edition of Favorite Fables in Prose and Verse (online at the International Children's Digital Library). The illustrations are based on earlier drawings by Harrison Weir. Click here for more illustration slideshows. You can see Harrison Weir's own illustrations in another slideshow.

Here is the Weir Favorites slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Salomon 1554

You can learn more about Bernard Salomon's Aesop illustrations at the Studiolo website. This set of illustrations comes from a 1554 edition of Aesop's fables at the International Children's Digital Library. Click here for more illustration slideshows, including another Salomon slideshow (black and white).

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Aesop Illustrations: 1616 Aesop

You can see this 1616 Greek and Latin edition of Aesop at the International Children's Digital Library. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the 1616 slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Bewick's Select Fables

You can see this 1871 edition of Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop, 1871, at the International Children's Digital Library, and you can read about Thomas Bewick's life and his career as an engraver in this Wikipedia article. Click here for more illustration slideshows. You can also see the slideshow for Bewick's Fables of Aesop, too!

Here is the Bewick slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Scudder (1919)

These illustrations are from Horace Scudder's Book of Fables and Folk Stories (1919), which you can find online at the Internet Archive. Although the artist's name is not given, the preface to this edition of the book notes that it contains new illustrations, replacing the illustrations in older editions of the book. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Scudder slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work).

Aesop Illustrations: Baby's Book of Fables

These illustrations are from an anonymous book entitled Baby's Book of Fables, published in 1880, which you can find online at the Internet Children's Digital Library. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Baby's Book slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Speculum Sapientiae

These illustrations are from a 1490 German edition of the Speculum Sapientiae, entitled Das buch der Natürlichen weißheit , which you can find online at the BSB Munich. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Speculum Sapientiae slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Alciato

These illustrations are from Alciato's Emblemata, some of which contain Aesopic motifs. There are lots of great editions of Alciato online at the Alciato at Glasgow website. Click here for more illustration slideshows. There are about a dozen of Alciato's emblems which overlap with Aesop; you can read an online Latin-English bilingual edition of Alciato online at Memorial University.

Here is the Alciato slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Desandre-Freeman

These illustrations are from an edition of La Fontaine with illustrations by Desandre and Freeman hich you can find online at the Internet Archive. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Desandre-Freeman slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: 1484 Directorium

These illustrations are from a 1484 edition of John of Capua's Directorium Humanae Vitae which you can find online at the University of Munich. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Bidpai slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: 1529 Bidpai

These illustrations are from a 1529 edition of Bidpai which you can find online at the University of Munich. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

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Aesop Illustrations: Osius

These illustrations are from the illustrations to Osius's Aesop which you can find online at the Aesopica.net website. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Osius slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work). Note that a considerable number of these images were paired with fables that they patently do not fit, so sometimes there is a discrepancy between the title on an image and what the image itself actually shows!

Aesop Illustrations: Tenniel and Wolf

These illustrations are from Tenniel and Wolf's illustrations which you can find online at the Internet Archive. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

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Aesop Illustrations: Rabier

These illustrations are from Benjamin Rabier's illustrations for La Fontaine which you can find online at the Internet Archive. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Rabier slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Grandville

These illustrations are from Grandville's illustrations for La Fontaine which you can find online at the Internet Archive. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Grandville slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):

Aesop Illustrations: Croxall (1867)

These illustrations are from an 1867 edition of Croxall's Aesop which you can find online at the International Children's Digital Library. Click here for more illustration slideshows.

Here is the Croxall slideshow (apologies to iPad users - the Flickr.com slideshows are Flash-based, but you can view the Flickr album directly if the slideshow does not work):