One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected
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Harvey, William
Northcote, James
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1829
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Here is an unlikely find which it has taken me five years to catalogue. From what I can understand, Northcote's original publication is viewed as a two volume work, issued respectively in 1828 and 1833. I seem to have a copy of that second volume, since I have an 1833 published by Murray. Northcote himself died in 1831. Northcote was himself one of the creators of the illustrations, along with William Harvey. This 1829 edition by the original publisher is clearly marked 1828 and Second edition on its title-page. The illustrations are remarkably sharp, though the book itself is fragile. One hesitates even to open it! The front cover is separated but present. The frontispiece is, as in the first edition, Worthington's portrait of Northcote after Harlow. For a sample from this work, try Fable XLVIII on 125. Death summons an old man and upbraids him for not heeding his earlier warnings. The man cannot comprehend earlier warnings. Death mentions the deaths of the man's contemporaries and even of his children and repeats his demand that the man follow now. The tailpiece shows two men looking far out to sea with a telescope. Both illustrations are well executed, though in different styles. I had lost sight of having found this wonderful edition!
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Geo. Lawford
George Lawford
George Lawford
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7079 (Access ID)