Thomas Bewick's Fables of Aesop and Others.
Staplehurst, Kent, UK: Florin Press, 1980. Oblong 32mo. 36pp. Of a total edition of 130 copies, this is one of eighty accompanied by a suite of proofs. Nineteen proofs of Bewick's headpieces are here printed from the original wood-blocks by R. Hunter Middleton. An additional four engravings were likewise printed from original blocks, and three of Bewick's drawings, interspersed among the other illustrations, are reproduced via lithograph. A tidy, accessible introduction to Bewick's major works, bound in quarter leather with gilt rule and spine titling. Extra proofs are each matted with green paper. All housed in cloth-covered box. Slight rubbing to spine ends, else fine. Item #30983
Price: $450.00