The Fables of Aesop, and others. With designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick.
Title
The Fables of Aesop, and others. With designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick.
Creator
Description
Two selected stories from The Fables of Aesop. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick [1759-1828], the lauded naturalist illustrator, this 1818 edition of The Fables of Aesop is specially bound with a title page and 50 plates from an earlier 1793 London edition. Bewick's intricate wood engravings show his great skill and his love for the subjects. In fact, he illustrated various editions Aesop’s fables in his career.
Contributor
Date
1818
Source
Children's Books
Publisher
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Rights
Digital image copyright 2020 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Relation
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Type
Text
Format
Image/jpeg
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Coverage
Collection
Citation
Aesop, “The Fables of Aesop, and others. With designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick.,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed October 4, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/2090.