Bewick's Select fables of Aesop and others , 1879
- Title(s):
- Bewick's Select fables of Aesop and others : in three parts ... to which are prefixed The life of Aesop, and An essay upon fable / by Oliver Goldsmith ... ; with the original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick, and an illustrated preface by Edwin Pearson ; to which are added select supplementary illustrations of Bewick's genius.
- Additional Title(s):
- Aesop's fables. English.
- Published/Created:
- Edinburgh : Privately printed for subscribers by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1879.
- Physical Description:
- [4], xl, 384 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 29 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsPA3855 E5 B38 1879+ Oversize[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/583946
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- This is copy no. [68].
"Edition de luxe printed ... from the original wood engravings. 100 copies only printed."
"Faithfully reprinted from the rare Newcastle edition published by T. Saint in 1784." - Subject Terms:
- Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. -- Printer.Fables.
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings -- 1879.
Steel engravings -- 1879. - Export:
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- (from t.p.) I. Fables extracted from Dodsley's
- II. Fables with reflections in prose and verse
- III. Fables in verse
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