Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others by Thomas Bewick - 1871

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-10-15. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Bickers and Son, London In Three parts, 1 Fables 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 of 1784 with original woodgravings by Thomas Bewick and an ills. preface by Edwin Pearson front hinge detached. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Poor.

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… Read More

Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1879. 384 pp. Number 53 in a limited 100 print run. Bound in full vellum with pictorial front board. Gilt details and page edges, some light soiling to leather. Binding and hinges are mostly sound, however, slight break to endpapers hinges especially the back board. Minimal foxing. Elaborately illustrated by the author and printed on Whatman paper. Previous bookseller's sticker inside the back board. From the original wood engravings by the author. A very good, scarce book.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Thomas Bewick. Octavo.

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).