Comparsion

**with Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty Emblematical Devices** **Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & CO.** **253 Market Street** **1839**
 * Aesop's Fables**


 * Comparison:** The book was published by the same company as my //Aesop's Fables// and the fables are still translated by Samuel Croxall. Some of the applications, however, proved to have slight variations. In addition, the order of the fables is different and the illustrations are very different from my //Aesop's Fables// book. My //Aesop's Fables// book's illustrations are framed giving them a sense of solidity, while the other //Aesop's Fables// book's illustrations are not framed. This sense of solidity further compliments the stark contrast of the black and white lines, giving the book a sense of purpose and authority, which matches the strong code of morality, which is the theme of the fables.


 * The Ant and The Grasshopper**




 * The Hare and the Tortoise**




 * The Shepherd's Boy**





Unlike my //Aesop's Fables// book, at the end of some of the fables in the other book there are embellished tailpieces, with characters such as the character above that have something to do with the Fable. These small tailpieces and headpieces are fine, intricate wood etchings, which have more gray tones than the woodcuts of my //Aesop's Fables//. These accents make the book more sophisticated and fancy than my //Aesop's Fables// book, which is interesting since my book was published later. This further leads me to conclude that the purpose of my book was to evoke a later time, such as the time that Aesop was writing.



The author/ frontispiece is very different from my //Aesop's Fables// book. In this author portrait, Aesop is portrayed as a much older man than in my //Aesop's Fables//. He is in a secluded area in the woods and is not surrounded by any other human beings. Similar to my //Aesop's Fables//, however, he is surrounded by his muses, animals.

Clearly the size of these two books are different, as my book is larger than the other //Aesop fables//. My book being 10 wide, 15 long and 2 and 1/2 thick and the other //Aesop's Fables// being 8 wide 4 long,and 2 thick. Also the covers are different. I'm guessing that the smaller //Aesop's Fables// has its original binding with a simple wood board, while by book's binding is not original. Since the books are published by the same publisher and were printed around a similar time, I'm guessing that my book would have a similar cover.

Other differences are that my //Aesop's Fables// have a few more fables than the other book and have differences in the table of contents. In my //Aesop's Fables,// the table of contents is organized by alphabetical order while the other book's table of contents is organized by the order of the fables as they appear in the book. In my book this makes it much easier to look up a particular fable. This was probably apparent to the publisher after he/she had printed the first //Aesop's Fables//. Thus, when he/she made my addition he/she decided to make the table of contents alphabetical.