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Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and others.

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Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and others.

by BEWICK Thomas (Rev E Pearson - editor)

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Edinburgh.: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co, 1879. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Thomas Bewick. In Three parts. 1 Fables extracted from Dodsley's. 2 Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. 3 Fables in Verse. VG, Edition de Luxe, in white vellum with gilt tooling, titles an red and black inks, woodcut within red borders, light shelf wear. Spine, gilt tooling and titles. Internally, no inscriptions, [8], (vii-xl), 384 pp, 10 pls (including 3 portraits) numerous wood cuts and illustrations, watermarked John Dickinson and Co, with red-line borders, privately printed for subscribers, an edition limited to just 100 copies, vellum slightly marked, t.e.g., others uncut, with the 4 page prospectus. A lovely production. A reissue of the edition of London, 1871. 4º; with new portraits, and the addition of the supplementary illustrations. (281*223 mm).

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and others.
Author
BEWICK Thomas (Rev E Pearson - editor)
Illustrator
Thomas Bewick
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited Edition
Publisher
Ballantyne, Hanson & Co
Place of Publication
Edinburgh.
Date Published
1879
Size
4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Weight
5.29 lbs
Keywords
Thomas Bewick plates select fables illustrations
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