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Title:
The fables of Aesop, and others / with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick.
Alternate Title(s):
Aesop's fables. English. 1818.
Published/Created:
Newcastle : Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick, sold by them, Longman and co., London, and all booksellers, 1818.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 376 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA3855 E5 B38 1818
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1004498
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title vignette.
Contains leaf that has the "thumb mark" receipt of Thomas Bewick, signed by Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliot Bewick and dated October 1818. Also a vignette of Newcastle with sea-weed across it.
Head- and tail pieces.
Exhibition History:
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Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)

Subject Terms:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 -- Publisher.
Fables.
Longman and Co. -- Publisher.
Walker, E. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1818.
Contributors:
Aesop.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
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