Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others

Published by Longman's, Green & Co, London, 1878

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Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.Austin's Antiquarian Books

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Duodecimo (5" x 7.25"), green red and gilt-stamped pictorial cloth with gilt spine. All edges gilt. Back cover decorated in blind. 312pp. Profusely illustrated throughout the text "with the original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick". Two former owners' names and an inscription on the verso of the front free-endpaper. Some wear at extremities, particularly the head and tail, but still a lovely copy. "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.".

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Bibliographic details

Title
Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others
Author
(Aesop et al)
Publisher
Longman's, Green & Co, London
Publication year
1878
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Later printing.
Seller catalogs
Children's, Illustrated

Austin's Antiquarian Books

Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.

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Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop offering a general stock of approximately 10,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially books by and about Theodore Roosevelt, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera. We are members of The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, The Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and the Independent Online Booksellers Association…

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