One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected, Volume 1"The original invention and designs for the prints at the head of each fable are my own, yet they have been most excellently drawn on wood and prepared for the engravers by Mr. William Harvey ... the ornamental letter at the beginning of each fable and the vignette at the end are solely the invention of Mr. Harvey"--Page ii-iii. LC copy on large paper, unopened. |
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| Title | One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected, Volume 1 Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected, James Northcote |
| Author | James Northcote |
| Compiled by | James Northcote |
| Illustrated by | James Northcote, William Harvey |
| Publisher | G. Lawford, 1828 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Length | 272 pages |
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