Select Fables. by BEWICK, Thomas and John. (With cuts, designed…

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SPLENDID BEWICK WOODCUTS IN A FINE REGENCY FULL CALF BINDING

Select Fables.

Newcastle: Printed by Hodgson, For Emerson Charnley, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A fine Regency full calf with wide gilt raised bands and rather wonderful gilt tooling to the panels around a peacock, A series of gilt and blind fillets frame dense blind 'basket weave' tooling on the boards. Engraved portrait, title page and more than 360 vignettes cuts illustrating the charming fables. From the library of Lord Kinnaird of Rossie Priory. A little foxing, specifically to the portrait, otherwise a superb copy.

Book ID: 5062
Categories: B, Bewick, Fables, Fine Engravings, Full Calf
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