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pp. (viii), 460, (viii) contents & Bewick’s cut. Title page vignette by T. Higham. Text-block uncut as issued. Edges a little dusty, light foxing to the half title & title pages; otherwise a clean copy sympathetically rebound. Bewick’s typically bathetic illustration shows a monkey with an axe chopping at a pond’s frozen surface whilst a gentleman skates oblivious..
