Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others, in Three Parts

1878
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others, in Three Parts
  • Illustrator: Thomas Bewick (British, Eltringham, Northumberland 1753–1828 Gateshead)
  • Illustrator: Preface illustrated by Edwin Pearson (British, active ca. 1840–1895)
  • Author: Aesop (Greek, ca. 620–560 BCE)
  • Author: John Gay (British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732)
  • Author: Essay by Oliver Goldsmith (Irish, Pallas, Longford ca. 1728–1774 London)
  • Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
  • Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. (Edinburgh and London)
  • Date: 1878
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 21.36.120
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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