Bewick's Select Fables Of Aesop And Others

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Undated. Bookplate is dated 1888 Scuffing and marking to the boards and spine and bumping to the outer corners and to the head and tail of the spine. Splitting to the spine edges. Marbled endpapers. A school prize winner's bookplate dated 1888 on the front pastedown. Small amount of bookworm damage. Toning throughout and occasional foxing. A collection of Aesop's fables, selected and retold by the celebrated English wood-engraver and naturalist Thomas Bewick. The volume is divided into three parts and contains a series of fables with woodcut illustrations that capture the essence of the stories.

34.99 GBP