Title: Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop Author: Borden, John and Janet Kreuger Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1983 Description: With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop, and a new impression from Bewick's wood engraving for The Boys and the Frogs. 10½x8, boards, paper printed spine label, plain paper jacket. One of 518 copies. The original leaf in this copy comprises the fable of "The Serpent and the Man", with woodcut illustration and tailpiece. Prospectus laid in. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to jacket; volume fine. Item number: 212772
Title: Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop Author: Borden, John and Janet Kreuger Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1983 Description: With an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop, and a new impression from Bewick's wood engraving for The Boys and the Frogs. 10½x8, boards, paper printed spine label, plain paper jacket. One of 518 copies. The original leaf in this copy comprises the fable of "The Serpent and the Man", with woodcut illustration and tailpiece. Prospectus laid in. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to jacket; volume fine. Item number: 212772
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