Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. This item is unavailable.Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others

Handsomely bound in full morocco by Ramage, this is an attractive late 19th century edition of Bewick's selection of Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout with his engravings. A collection of fables, from Aesop and other sources, selected and compiled by Thomas Bewick and arranged in three parts: 'Fables Extracted from Dodsley's'; 'Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse', and 'Fables in Verse'.A Large Paper copy, in a full morocco binding by Ramage.Illustrated throughout with Bewick's original wood engraved vignettes, and with a frontispiece and a full plate portrait of Bewick. Collated, complete.Also including 'The Life of Aesop' and 'An Essay Upon Fable', by Oliver Goldsmith.Reprinted from the Newcastle Edition, which was published in 1784.With the bookplate of C E Stewart to front pastedown.Thomas Bewick spent almost his entire creative career producing various editions of illustrated 'Aesop's Fables', the first of which was published in 1776. Bewick was an illustrator known for his fine illustrations for books, illustrating many natural history works, such as 'A History of British Birds', and 'A History of Quadrupeds'. He is known for popularising the practice of printing illustrations using wood, producing high-quality illustrations at a lower price. In a full morocco signed binding by Ramage, with gilt detailing. Back strip and board perimeters age toned, as is common with this shade of morocco. Minor losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot or handling mark. Very Good.…