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Title
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Aesopic
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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#327 of a limited edition of 500
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Anthony Hecht
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Creator
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Bewick, Thomas
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Contributor
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Bewick, Thomas
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Hofer, Philip (Essayist)
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:19:21Z
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1997-02
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1967
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:19:21Z
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Date Issued
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1967
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Abstract
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Here is a second copy of a book already in the collection. Its cover is green, and it has neither the Printer's Society mark nor the extra engraving, but it is numbered #327 of 500. I am amazed to have found it for this price! A magnificent little book. Next to Bewick's own work, these are the best representations of Bewick's work that I have. They are from the 1776/1784 first editions of Select Fables. Hofer writes aptly of them in the afterword: they have a lively freshness that some of his later, more technically proficient, and labored, engraved woodblocks lack. Among the best of the illustrations are DS, CP, and FC. Hecht's two-liners are lively but often tangential; among the better are There's no Tomorrow, Two Young Men and the Cook, GA, FC, and The Fox and the Buddha.
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Identifier
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8403 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Gehenna Press
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Northampton, MA
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Subject
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PS3515.E178 A4 1967
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Aesop
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole