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[BEWICK, JOHN].

The Triumph of Goodnature, Exhibited in the History of Master Harry Fairborn and Master Trueworth. Interspersed with Tales and Fables, and Ornamented with Cuts.

London J. Harris (c. 1801) (118), (x) pp. First Harris edition, with S. Gosnell identified as the printer on the title page verso. Woodcut frontispiece by John Bewick, signed "BWK"; twelve woodcut vignettes in text also by Bewick. Light stain to front endpaper, two pages lightly wrinkled at lower margin, else a fine copy in a contemporary binding of leather-backed marbled boards, which show light rubbing and edgewear as well as a small nick near the spine head.

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