Bewick's select fables of Aesop and others. In three parts. I. Fables extracted from Dodsley's. II. Fables with reflections in prose and verse. III. Fables in verse. To which are prefixed the life of Aesop, and an essay upon fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully reprinted from the rare Newcastle edition published by T. Saint in 1784. With its original wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and an illustrated preface by Edwin Pearson.
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)
Category
Books
Date
1871
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3185831
Summary
Bibliographic description
xl, 312p.. ill... 4to. Former shelfmark: G.g.14. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: "Sir John Harpur Crewe. Bart." [i.e. Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter green morocco on red cloth, lettered direct in gilt on spine: "Bewick's select fables". Gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Robert Dodsley (1703-1764). Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Edwin Pearson