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

by Thomas Bewick, Aesop

$700 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818. 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 very good copy, internally clean and fresh, joints restored and with some light wear to binding. Item #405619 A handsome copy of Bewick's

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