The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood

  • Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818
By BEWICK, Thomas; AESOP
Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818. A very good copy, internally clean and fresh, joints restored and with some light wear to binding. 8vo. xxiv, 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf, the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt, marbled edges, by Whitehead and Sons, Leeds (with their ticket on pastedown). A handsome copy of Bewick's extensively and exquisitely illustrated fables. Roscoe 45.

Details

Title

The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood

Author

BEWICK, Thomas; AESOP

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son: Newcastle

Date

1818


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