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BEWICK, Thomas. The Fables of Aesop, and others, Newcastle: E. Walker, 1818. Large 8, wood-engraved vignettes and illustrations by Thomas Bewick, finely-bound in red morocco gilt by F. Bedford, covers with triple gilt-rule border, spine gilt in compartments, g.e. WITH THE 'THUMB-MARK' RECEIPT INSERTED AT THE FRONT, SIGNED BY BEWICK AND INSCRIBED FOR WM. OKES. FIRST EDITION. Roscoe 45c (Variant B).
BEWICK, Thomas & John. Select Fables ... together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, Newcastle: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley, 1820. Large 8, wood-engraved portrait of Thomas Bewick (?signed by the artist), vignettes and illustrations by Thomas and John Bewick, with a facsimile letter from Thomas Bewick mounted at the front, finely-bound in red morocco gilt by F. Bedford, covers with triple gilt-rule border, spine gilt in compartments, g.e. FIRST EDITION.
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BEWICK, Thomas & John. Select Fables ... together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, Newcastle: S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley, 1820. Large 8, wood-engraved portrait of Thomas Bewick (?signed by the artist), vignettes and illustrations by Thomas and John Bewick, with a facsimile letter from Thomas Bewick mounted at the front, finely-bound in red morocco gilt by F. Bedford, covers with triple gilt-rule border, spine gilt in compartments, g.e. FIRST EDITION.
See front cover illustration. (2)