Bewick’s Fables 1820, with miniature woodcuts. A selection of children’s fables, illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick, of Newcastle, adapted from Bewick’s ‘Fables of Aesop ’ 1818, together with a Memoir of Bewick’s engraving works. Thomas ( 1753-1828) was a celebrated wood engraver and ornithologist best known for ‘History of British Birds’. Most of the woodcuts in this book are small, typically only 3cm x 4cm. Printed by S. Hodgson, Newcastle and published byEmerson Charndley et al, London. Half gilt leather, 332 pages 20cm x 12.5cm.