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Title
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Select Fables of Aesop and Others
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Original language: grc
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Thomas Bewick
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Bewick, Thomas
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:54:15Z
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1993-08
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1784
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:54:15Z
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Date Issued
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1784
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Abstract
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If this is what I hope it is, what a find! Only two things made me hesitate earlier to acknowledge this book as an original 1784 Bewick. First, Thomas (and John) Bewick are nowhere named. Second, I have a note from somewhere that the three parts should contain 48, 48, and 26 fables respectively, whereas this edition has 48, 67, and 26. What a beautiful little masterpiece. Earlier inscriptions indicate that it is a Bewick first edition. Repaired hinges. See 1776, 1818, and 1820 for further Bewick material. Now I am just home in May, '97 from looking at the Victoria and Albert copy of the 1784 edition, and theirs does not mention Bewick and has 48 + 67 + 26 fables. Yippee! It also has A New Edition, improved on the title page.
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Identifier
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1599 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Printed by and for T. Saint
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London
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Subject
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PA3855.E5 B4 1784
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Aesop
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole