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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.
A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures engraved on wood ... by Bewick, Thomas
by Bewick, Thomas
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. The Figures engraved on wood ...
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Newcastle upon Tyne: Engraved by Edw. Walker for T. Bewick ... 1820. . 7th Ed. Demy 8vo. 21cm x 13.5cm. x + 528pp. 226 figures of quadrupeds, 11 vignettes tail pieces etc., 1 text figure. Light browning, marbled e.ps., ex.-libris Julia Trevelyan Oman, later pigskin backed marbled boards, dec gilt and blind edged raised bands with gilt lettering to sl. faded spine, t.e.g. Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) English wood-engraver and natural history author. Roscoe 7c. 1000 copies. Dealing with 260 mammals from across the world, including animals from "Adive" to "Zorilla". It is particularly thorough on some of the domestic animals: the first entry describes the horse. US$80
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A General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood
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A General History Of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved On Wood
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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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