LITERARY WORKS
AESOP & Thomas BEWICK (illustrator). The Fables of Aesop and Others, Newcastle: by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818, 8°, SIGNED BY BEWICK above the thumb print on the receipt leaf, 188 wood-engraved vignettes by Bewick, tail-pieces by the artist (occasional light spotting), contemporary calf gilt (rebacked with original spine relaid, corners bumped, small white paper sticker to rear cover).
Details
AESOP & Thomas BEWICK (illustrator). The Fables of Aesop and Others, Newcastle: by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818, 8°, SIGNED BY BEWICK above the thumb print on the receipt leaf, 188 wood-engraved vignettes by Bewick, tail-pieces by the artist (occasional light spotting), contemporary calf gilt (rebacked with original spine relaid, corners bumped, small white paper sticker to rear cover).
Provenance
Robert Wakefield, bookplate.