Bewick's Select Fables of Æesop and Others in Three Parts: Fables Extracted From Dodsley's; Fables With Reflections in Prose and Verse; Fables in Verse (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Jackson gives t/zree examples of these Fable cuts in his work, at pp. 480, 503 (wood-engravings, Thomas Bewick was apprenticed to R. Beilby, October I, 1767. It is probable that the cuts given in next page are among the veryfirst engraved by Thomas Bewick during his apprenticeship, and were used in A New Invented Horn Book, also in Battledores, Primers, and Reading Easies. He then executed the diagrams for Hutton on Mensuration, 4to, 1770. One of the cuts is given in Jackson (p. A representation of St Nicholas' celebrated steeple. This is the first known pictorial attempt of Bewick's.
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Jackson gives t/zree examples of these Fable cuts in his work, at pp. 480, 503 (wood-engravings, Thomas Bewick was apprenticed to R. Beilby, October I, 1767. It is probable that the cuts given in next page are among the veryfirst engraved by Thomas Bewick during his apprenticeship, and were used in A New Invented Horn Book, also in Battledores, Primers, and Reading Easies. He then executed the diagrams for Hutton on Mensuration, 4to, 1770. One of the cuts is given in Jackson (p. A representation of St Nicholas' celebrated steeple. This is the first known pictorial attempt of Bewick's.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
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- Number of pages352
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