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[CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [BEWICK, Thomas (1753-1828), engraver and illustrator]. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts… Edinburgh: Privately Printed for Subscribers by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1879. 4to. Profusely illustrated. [386] pp. Publisher's deluxe binding of half vellum over boards, front board stamped in red and black with pictorial label, spine stamped in gilt (binding worn, soiled, endleaves and edge of text block foxed). Good. EDITION DE LUXE PRINTED ON WHATMAN PAPER FROM THE ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, #64/100 COPIES. A wonderful collection of fables with Bewick's superb illustrations.