Howitt
Howitt, Samuel (Ill.): A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from The Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus; Containing One Hundred Plates, drawn from the life and etched by Samuel Howitt. Edward Orme, 1811, First edition; large paper copy (11¼ x, 9 in). PP: 1/2 Title (dated 1809), title-page (dated 1811), (i)blank, (ii) list of plates, (i) Advert, (i) blank, 5-115; PLUS 97 out of 100 Plates-LACKING 3 PLATES. Half leather with later endpapers; covers rubbed; one plate torn with loss to blank, margin; occasional foxing and the odd small tear.
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Howitt, Samuel (Ill.): A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from The Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus; Containing One Hundred Plates, drawn from the life and etched by Samuel Howitt. Edward Orme, 1811, First edition; large paper copy (11¼ x, 9 in). PP: 1/2 Title (dated 1809), title-page (dated 1811), (i)blank, (ii) list of plates, (i) Advert, (i) blank, 5-115; PLUS 97 out of 100 Plates-LACKING 3 PLATES. Half leather with later endpapers; covers rubbed; one plate torn with loss to blank, margin; occasional foxing and the odd small tear.