Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others.
by Thomas Bewick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bewick, Thomas. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts. I. Fables Extracted from Dodsley"s. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To which are prefixed The Life of Aesop, and An Essay Upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in 1784. London, Bickers and Son. 1871. 4to. Red morroco. Gilt decoration with black inlays. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration with black inlays, black and gilt title piece. Silk tricolour headbands. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentils, marbled end papers. Frontis portrait, half title, title, preface vii-xxix, Life of Aesop xxx -xxxvi, Essay Upon Fable xxxvii -xl. Pp312. 142 fables most with at least one illustration by Bewick, within a red printed border. Skillful reback retaining original spine, inner hinges strengthened. All pages and illustrations in excellent order throughout. The skillful beauty of Bewick illustrations with the fables from nature including Ants and Grasshopper, Trees and the Bramble, Hounds in Couples, Mercury and Woodman, Dog and the Crocodile, Angler and Philosopher. A very attractive book.
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- Bookseller
- Roz Hulse (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92244
- Title
- Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others.
- Author
- Thomas Bewick
- Illustrator
- Thomas Bewick
- Format/Binding
- Red morroco. Gilt decoration with black inlays. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration with black inlays, black and gilt title piece.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bickers and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated_Books;
- Size
- 4to
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