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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures Engraved on Wood. by Bewick, Thomas

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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures Engraved on Wood. by Bewick, Thomas

A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures Engraved on Wood.

by Bewick, Thomas

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Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick and Son ... 1824. . 8th Ed. Demy 8vo. 21 x 13.25cm. x + 526pp. 226 figures of quadrupeds, 108 vignettes, tail pieces &c., 1 figure in text. Sporadic minor spotting, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, corners rubbed, spine with significant loss to i.e. 3cm to head and tail. Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) English wood-engraver and natural history author. Roscoe 8b. 1500 copies. 303 descriptions of quadrupeds, including animals from "Adive" to "Zorilla". It is particularly thorough on some of the domestic animals: the first entry describes the horse. US$53
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  • Publisher Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick and Son ... 1824.
  • Keywords NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPH

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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood

by Bewick, Thomas

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Newcastle Upon Tyne: T. Bewick, Longman, Hurst Etc, 1820. bound in recent half-morocco, pages x, 528, lavishly illustrated with woodcuts, text generally clean and tight but a couple of gatherings (20 pages in all) are variously foxed, apparently a paper quality issue in this edition. Nice copy.. Seventh Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood

by BEWICK, Thomas [1753-1828]

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1811., 1811. 8vo. pp. x, 525, [1]. numerous wood engravings in the text, incl. title vignette. contemporary half calf, gilt back (well rubbed, spine label lacking, some light foxing). Sixth Edition. cfHugo 46-53. cfRay, The Illustrator and the Book in England From 1790 To 1914, 49. Hardcover. Good.
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