Oct 27, 2020 - Sale 2549

Sale 2549 - Lot 12

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828)
The Fables of Aesop and Others.

Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick & Son, 1818.

Limited edition, royal copy, signed by Bewick on special limitation page with printed thumbprint, "his mark," for John Stanton, illustrated throughout with fine wood engravings heading each fable and head- and tail-pieces, bound in modern full calf, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. [together with] a regular issue copy of the same title, in the same edition, bound in full calf (joints tender), aeg, 8 1/4 x 5 in. (2)