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.
Alternate 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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
This is copy no. [68].
Contents:
(from t.p.) I. Fables extracted from Dodsley's -- II. Fables with reflections in prose and verse -- III. Fables in verse