Lot 511: Sold for £120 hammer

Estimate £100-£150

Bewick, Thomas (Illustrator) - 'Fabliaux or Tales, abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, by M. Le Grand, selected and translated into English verse, with a preface and notes', printed by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare - Press, London, 1796, first edition, original calf leather boards, two volumes, 8to. (2)

Condition report
front and back boards in good condition, spines to both worn, cracked to edges of spines. Both volumes bear BWW book plates to front pastedowns. Water staining to front and back end papers of both volumes. Both bright and fresh internally

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