Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop... With an Original Leaf from the First Edition (1818) of "The Fables of Aesop" and a New Impression from One of Bewick's Original Wood Engravings.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983.
4to, 58, (4)pp. Frontispiece, 8 illustrations, an original leaf, and a proof from an original block. Original brown boards, white paper spine label. As issued, in fine condition.
§ Edition limited to 518 numbered copies. The inserted leaf is “ Jupiter and the Ass” and the proof is "The Boys and the Frogs". Not a rare book but an important addition to Bewick scholarship. There is a biographical sketch by John W. Borden and a history of the fables by Janet S. Krueger. The book was designed by Jack Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press (who also took the new impression from the original Bewick block) and lithographed at the Cloister Press. Item #124707
Price: $125.00