Aesop; Thomas Bewick. The Fables of Aesop and Others with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick. With a Facsimile Signature and "thumbprint" Receipt. No 643. Newcastle, Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1823.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: An early 19th century edition of the Fables of Aesop, vividly illustrated with 188 illustrations and 135 tailpieces. One volume in octavo, XXIV+376 pages This volume is in good shape, with some rubbing and wear to the binding, with cracking to the rear hinge. There is minor foxing, heavier to the first and last few pages, with toning to the page edges.

Seller: That Guy With The Books, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828). THE FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHERS, with Designs on Wood, by Thomas Bewick. The Second Edition.. Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son 2nd edition., Newcastle, 1823.

Price: US$426.60 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Engraved title vignette + 380 ovals in rectangular shaded frames by Thomas Bewick, many reworked to improve graphic clarity of cuts in this edition (Bewick had been dissatisfied with 1st Edn). Demi octavo (in 4's) 216x132mm paper size, gilt calf (rebacked with leather label & part of original spine) xxiv +376pp collated complete. Occasional light spotting/light browning else lovely clean copy. THUMB PRINT RECEIPT no.65 with 18s receipt, vignette & coloured seaweed on thumb print page. Watermarked paper 1823 Fine Demy + ? Makers mark.Very clean fine copy with the strong impressions and a very low number attesting to an early copy of this edition. 1 volume.

Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom

Bewick, Thomas.. THE FABLES OF AESOP, And Others, with Designs on Wood. Printed by E. Walker, For T. Bewick and Son. Sold by Them, Longman and Co. London and All Booksellers.. Newcastle, 1823.

Price: US$569.25 + shipping

Description: Engravings, 8.25 x 5.25, cloth, xxiv, 376 pp. Later covers with probably original spine label, covers well worn, rubbed, shelfworn, corners bumped and worn, spine label torn, chipped and missing small pieces, replacement endpapers, lacking (?) pages prior to frontis and after last page, becoming disbound at front inner hinge, frontis almost detached, scattered spotting and staining, text block cracked, signatures/pages loose, a few creased corners, large tear to p 129/130, small tears. "The Second Edition." Printed inscription on frontis with recipient's name filled in with printed signatures of both Bewick and his son, printed thumbprint of Bewick "his mark." NUMBER 134 OF A LIMITED PRINTING AND SIGNED BY THOMAS BEWICK.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

. The Fables of Aesop and Others with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick. Printed by E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, Newcastle, 1823.

Price: US$720.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Rebound in quarter green morocco with marbled boards. Including the specially inserted Bewick receipt dated January 1, 1824 with the printed signatures of Thomas Bewick and Robert Elliot Bewick, the vignette of a moonlit scene overlaid with a sprig of red seaweed, Thomas Bewick's signature and his thumb print.This copy numbered 71. Internally very clean and bright.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Thomas Bewick. The Fables Of Aesop. E.Walker, 1823.

Price: US$953.82 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Second Edition, 1823. Complete with ''thumb'' receipt. Full leather. Gilt titles and gilt lines to boards, marble to page ends and marble endpapers and pastedown. Gilt decorations in comparments and raised bands to spine. Brown lettering piece, publication date in gilt at foot. Tight copy. Corners a little scuffed and usual spotting. Bewicks woodcuts are superior in these early editions. . Scarce early edition with sought after 'Thumb mark' receipt page with red seaweed spray signed by Bewick. Attractive.

Seller: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, United Kingdom

Bewick, Thomas.. The Fables of Aesop and Others, with Designs on Wood by Thomas Bewick.. Newcastle; Printed by E.Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1823., 1823.

Price: US$960.22 + shipping

Description: SECOND EDITION. Small quarto (approx 21 cm x 13 cm), pp. [2] Thumb Mark Receipt, xxiv, 376. 188 fable cuts and 135 tailpieces. Superbly bound in full maroon straight-grained morocco with 4 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and decoration to compartments, and gilt fillet to boards and dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Upper corners slightly bruised and spine tips a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of William Henderson to front paste-down and ownership stamp of M. S. E. Colbourne to first blank. Near Fine: a superb copy in a very handsome binding. A truly collaborative effort from the Bewick workshop: over seven years engravings in Aesop's spring from the hands of TB apprentices William Harvey, Isaac Nicholson, Edward Willis, Robert Bewick as well as the master Thomas Bewick himself; the latter likely drawing all of the blocks. This copy includes the "Thumb-Mark" receipt with seaweed motif and facsimile signatures, which was intended for addition to subscribers' copies only. Tattersfield, The Complete Illustrative Work pp. 66-8; Roscoe pp. 155.-65.

Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom