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The Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop and Thomas Bewick

Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1823. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Wood engravings by Bewick. Rebound in quarter green morocco with marbled boards. Marbled edges to text block. Includes the specially inserted Bewick receipt for subscribers' copies, dated January 1, 1824 and including the printed signatures of Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliot Bewick, the vignette of a moonlit scene hand-stamped with a sprig of red seaweed, hand-numbered, and with Thomas Bewick's facsimile signature and his thumb print. This copy numbered 71. Text block tight, clean and bright. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 376 pages. Fine. Item #9022797

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