Walter Brown — Fables

London, S. Grosvenor , 1884. First edition. Hardback. A first edition comprising various fables by Walter Brown, embellished with woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. The first edition of this work containing an anthology of fables by Walter Brown.With forty one fables written with the aim of illustrating Natural History. Interestingly, this fables were written without a moral to each.With titles such as 'The Water Hen and the Plover,' 'The Hedge Sparrow and the Adder,' 'The Buzzard and the Weasel,' 'The Two Magpies,' and plenty others.Profusely illustrated with cuts by Thomas Bewick. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over paper covered boards. Externally sound with slight shelfwear and edge wear, as well as buming to the head and tail of the spine and minor handling markings to the front and rear boards. With some rubbing to the cloth to the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are extremely bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Thomas Bewick. Good .