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Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop

Title
Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop / biographical sketch by John W. Borden ; history of the fables by Janet S. Krueger ; with an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings.
Author
Borden, John W.
Publication
San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1983.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Book Club) 87-20Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Krueger, Janet S.
  • Book Club of California.
Description
58 p. : ill. (1 mounted), port., mounted sample; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Publication no. 175 of the Book Club of California
Alternative Title
Thomas Bewick and the Fables of Aesop.
Subjects
Note
  • One of 518 copies designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press, San Francisco, typeset by Mackenzie-Harris and lithographed by the Cloister Press, San Francisco.
  • Binding, publisher's, by The Schuberth Bookbindery.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 57-58.
Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 87-20
LCCN
84234804
OCLC
NYPG87-B23993
Author
Borden, John W.
Title
Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop / biographical sketch by John W. Borden ; history of the fables by Janet S. Krueger ; with an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings.
Imprint
San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1983.
Series
Publication no. 175 of the Book Club of California
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 57-58.
Local Note
Original leaf in NYPL copy is p. 229-230, "The sparrow and the hare."
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Added Author
Krueger, Janet S.
Book Club of California.
Added Title
Thomas Bewick and the Fables of Aesop.
Research Call Number
*KP (Book Club) 87-20
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