Bewick’s Select Fables of Aesop and Others. – Bewick, Thomas

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.

Reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T Saint in 1784 with the original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and a revised illustrated preface by Edwin Pearson. Marbled endpapers. Small Ex Libris bookplate of Thomas Lee Hardy on first free end paper. Scattered foxing. Gilt top-edge. The index is at the rear. 312 Pages. Reprint. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover. Vellum spine and corners with marbled boards. Beautifully decorated gilt spine with title in red compartment. Edge-wear with some handling marks to covers.

Publisher: Bickers & Son
Date Published: 1886
Publication Place: London

Condition: Good+
Binding: Hardcover. Vellum spine and corners with marbled boards. Beautifully decorated gilt spine with title in red compartment. Edge-wear with some handling marks to covers.

Jacket Condition: No dust jacket
Dimensions: 8vo. 22.5cm x 15cm x 3cm