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BEWICK, THOMAS, illustrator. The Fables of Aesop and Others. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Bewick. Inserted "receipt" with facsimile thumbprint and signature bound before title-page. Large 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 tan calf over marbled boards, morocco lettering piece to spine, boards abraded somewhat with scattered soiling, spotting to endleaves. Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818
first bewick edition, large paper issue, signed by bewick above his facsimile thumbprint receipt. As with all large-paper copies, this is Roscoe's variant B with the "philosopher" engraving at p. xvi and the final line at p. 248 reading "road to candour and prudence." Roscoe 45b.
