A New Work of Animals - Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay, and Phaedrus by Howitt, Samuel

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Good copy of this beautifully illustrated book of classic fables with realistic animal studiesComplete with 56 etchings, drawn and engraved "from the life" by Samuel Howitt, with title page and list of platesPlate 32, The Dog in the Manger, bound opposite the title page as the frontispieceSamuel Howitt (1756–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher, famous for his scenes with animals, hunting, horse-racing, sporting and landscapes. He is best known for his illustrations to Captain Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports (1807). Other works include Thoughts on Hunting (1798), Miscellaneous Etchings of Animals (1803), British Field Sports (1807); The Angler's Manual (1808), Groups of Animals (1811), The British Sportsman (1812) and Foreign Field Sports (1819).Blue buckram spine, marble boards bumped and darkened, new endpapers, tissue guards, all plates with varying degrees of spotting and foxing, mostly outside the image, one with 10cm tear within image, first 25 plates with small… Read More

London:: Edward Orme,, 1818.. First edition.. full straight-grain crimson morocco gilt, a.e.g., by Bayntun. Preserved in a custom slipcase.. Three plates have old marginal tears neatly repaired; those plates were expertly rebacked. Two additional plates have more recent neat repairs to margins. All of the plates are bright completely free of foxing etc., and are fine with the exceptions noted. The handsome binding has some very slight rubbing at the joints but is otherwise fine. . 4to,. Containing One Hundred [hand-colored] Plates, Drawn from the Life and Etched by Samuel Howitt.. Hand-colored copies are very unusual.