Northcote (James) - One Hundred Fables, Original and
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first edition , large paper copy, vignette, title printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, very occasional light foxing, contemporary blue cloth, rubbed, tall 8vo, 1828. "The work is extremely fine and delicate, more like copper than wood, and in the initials, which were wholly designed by Harvey we can discern the beginning of Victorian baroque which was such a world away from Bewick's romanticism" (History of Book Illustration, 1958, p.255)
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Northcote (James) - One Hundred Fables, Original and
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