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London: John Murray, 1833. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. 3/4 leather lx + 248pp., engravings, index, With 280 wood engravings. Pages bright & white. Boards worn & spine partially stripped, but tight in binding, all edges gilt, & overall a very nice copy. Engraved bookplate of Elizabeth Mary Villiers on the front paste-down

London: John Murray, 1833. First. hardcover. very good. Harvey, William. Embellished with many engravings on wood after drawings by William Harvey. Title page with small vignette portrait. lx, 248 pages. Small 8vo, original dark green cloth (somewhat worn and soiled; neatly rebacked in green cloth with original spine label preserved; previous owner's bookplate otherwise a rather clean copy). London: John Murray, 1833. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/>

1829. NORTHCOTE, James. NORTHCOTE, James, etc., etc. ONE HUNDRED FABLES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. Embellished with Two Hundred Eighty Engravings on Wood. Second Edition. London: Geo. Lawford, (printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick), 1829. First series. Engraved frontisp. portrait of Northcote. The head-pieces are designed by Northcote, with ornamental letters and tail-pieces designed by William Harvey, one of Thomas Bewick's favorite pupils. All of them were drawn on wood and prepared for the engravers by Harvey. viii,272 pp. At the end of the volumes, the "index to the engravings" lists the engravers. Offered with: FABLES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. By the late James Northcote, R.A. SECOND SERIES. Embellished with Two Hundred Eighty Engravings on Wood. [First Edition]. London: John Murray, (printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick Press), 1833. Wood-engraved portrait of Northcote on t.p. As above, the head-pieces are by Northcote and the ornamental initials and tail-pieces are by Harvey, who drew them on wood… Read More

London: John Murray, 1833. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 8 inches (12.5 x 20 cm). First printing of the second series, includes a biography of the author. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Brown blind stamped cloth binding with small split to foot of spine. Page edges untrimmed. Front endpaper has been replaced, an old repair. Good solid binding. Foxing to page edges, clean text throughout. . Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 8 inches (12.5 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: lx, 248

London: Geo. Lawford & John Murray, 1833. Second & First editions. Hardcover. Contemporary crimson cloth decorated in blind, backstrips elaborately decorated in floral gilt motifs. Very good. 2 Vols.. 272 , 248 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm. The illustrations, "the greater portion of which are of my own invention," with his headpiece designs for each one and with initial letters and tailpieces by William Harvey, pupil of Thomas Bewick." James Northcote was one of a number of prominent painters of the 18th century. Today Northcote is chiefly admired for his portraits, though his paintings of animals found favor in his lifetime. In his later years he devoted an increasing amount of time to history paintings, including some scenes from Shakespeare s history plays which were exhibited in Boydell s Shakespeare Gallery. The Second Series of the Fables was published posthumously, Both volumes with Index To The Engravings. Small owner stamp of Rev. J. Troy and small ex-library stamp top right corner of title page,… Read More

London: Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage, 1828. Two volumes, 1828 and 1833, bound in contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, the back gilt with red morocco label, marbled end papers and edges. Embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings on wood. With distinguished provenance, with the bookplates of Michael Tomkinson, (1841 - 1921), Royal Axminster carpet manufacturer and noted collector of Japanese art, medieval manuscripts, and early printed books, bearing a large and ornate coat of arms designed by J. D. Batten (1860-1932). Very Good Plus, vellum lightly soiled and light edge wear, a tightly bound and quite attractive set. . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Geo. Lawford (and) John Murray, 1829, 1833. First volume is the second edition; second volume is the first edition. Light wear to joints; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown in both volumes, old embossed stamp to title pages. 2 volumes, contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards; octavos; viii, 272; liv, 241 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, 183 wood-engraved vignettes, and 100 wood engraved initials (first volume); 177 wood-engraved vignettes and 101 wood-engraved initials (second volume). James Northcote (1746-1831) was a prolific English painter and draftsman whose career was much advanced through his apprenticeship with Joshua Reynolds, for whom he worked for about 5 years, beginning in 1771. In his foreword to the first volume of Fables, Northcote states: "Although the original invention and designs for the prints at the head of each Fable are my own, yet they have been most excellently drawn on wood, and prepared for the Engravers, by Mr. William… Read More

London: John Murray, 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription by editor. lx, 248 p.p. Bookbinder's stamp of J. [Joseph] Mackenzie, Bookbinder to the King. Full green morocco contemporary binding with gilt lettering to spine and ornate gilt tooling with blind panels, inner edges dentelle. A.E.G. some rubbing to extremities, hinges cracking, some light foxing and staining, yellow staining to flyleaves, small tear to margin of p. xxxvii. Illustrated with 280 woodcuts, with a 60-page memoir of the author (the book was published posthumously). "These Fables, and the designs for them were the collection and study of many years of the author's life, who must be his own apologist for what might be by some considered a superfluous addition to our fabulous literature."--From the introduction.

London; Printed by Charles Whittingham for John Murray, 1833., 1833. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, one of no more than 12 copies on India paper. Octavo, pp. lx, 248. 280 head and tail-pieces by Thompson, Landells, Nesbit & others from William Harvey's drawings after Northcote's designs, including portrait vignette to title page with tissue guard. Bottle green cloth (possibly publisher's original) with gilt titles to black label to spine, and ruled borders in blind to boards; primrose yellow endpapers. Edges a little bruised with minor wear to corners and head of spine. Ownership inscriptions of one M. M. Atwood and S. Atwood in pencil to front paste-down and verso half-title respectively, and small bookplate of John Porter to front paste-down. A Very Good copy. The first printing of the second series of Northcote's 'Fables' (first series pub. 1828). Whittingham's practice was to produce 6 to 12 copies printed on India paper; Harvey, who drew the illustrations from Northcote's designs, was engraver… Read More