Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Borden, John W. (Author), Krueger, Janet S. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Mackenzie-Harris Corporation (Typographer), Cloister Press (Lithographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : The Book Club of California, 1983.
Series:	Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 175.
Subjects:	Bewick, Thomas, > 1753-1828. Wood-engraving, English > 19th century. Aesop's fables > Illustrations. Illustration of books. Aesop's fables. Leaf books. Detached leaves. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Illustrated works.

Description
Item Description:	"Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, San Francisco, who also took the new impression from the original Bewick block for The Boys and the Frogs. Set in Monotype Bulmer by Mackenzie-Harris and lithographed by the Cloister Press. Binding by The Schuberth Bookbindery. Edition limited to 518 copies."--Colophon. An original leaf from the first edition (1818) of 'The fables of Aesop' is affixed to page [11]. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy has property stamp of the San Antonio College Library on title page. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is signed by Stauffacher.
Physical Description:	58 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm
Production Credits:	Designer, Jack Werner Stauffacher.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58).
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.