[Rarebooks] FS: "Select Fables..." with cuts by Thomas & John Bewick. Newcastle: 1820

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Bewick, Thomas and John. SELECT FABLES [by Aesop and Others]; With Cuts, 
Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the 
Year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works 
of Messrs. Bewick. Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, 
and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1820. (2),xl,332pp. Index of Fables. Profusely 
illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, title page vignette and numerous 
text woodcuts. Orig. half black morocco over marbled boards, expertly 
rebacked with the original ornately gilt backstrip laid down. T.e.g. One leaf with 
an old marginal paper repair (text unaffected).     $450.00 (trade discount 
allowed)

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