Youth's Instructive and Entertaining Story-Teller: being a choice collection of moral tales...The third edition...Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. Saint, for W. Charnley; and M. Vesey and J. Whitfield. 1778. 12° (100 x 171mm). Collation: A-K.2, L6 last 5 pp. advertisements. (lacking F1:12; repairs to some lower edges; some worming at head of signatures C-D). 36 (of 38) wood engravings in text and a metal-cut tailpiece (part of surface damaged of cut on p.138). Half roan, stained black, marbled paper sides (worn and scuffed). Osborne II p.1049. An enlarged edition of the book first published in 1774, the year when Thomas Bewick ended his apprenticeship. This is one of the first books to exhibit the range of his capacities as a wood engraver. -- [BEILBY, Ralph (1744-1817)]. A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The second edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick...1791. Demy 8° (205 x 120mm). Title-page vignette and 212 wood engravings of quadrupeds with 106 tailpieces etc. Owner's signature cut from top corner of title-page). Half calf, glazed marbled paper sides (scuffed), re-backed, morocco label gilt. Roscoe Bewick 2b (variant A). (2)

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Youth's Instructive and Entertaining Story-Teller: being a choice collection of moral tales...The third edition...Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. Saint, for W. Charnley; and M. Vesey and J. Whitfield. 1778. 12° (100 x 171mm). Collation: A-K^.2, L⁶ last 5 pp. advertisements. (lacking F1:12; repairs to some lower edges; some worming at head of signatures C-D). 36 (of 38) wood engravings in text and a metal-cut tailpiece (part of surface damaged of cut on p.138). Half roan, stained black, marbled paper sides (worn and scuffed). Osborne II p.1049. An enlarged edition of the book first published in 1774, the year when Thomas Bewick ended his apprenticeship. This is one of the first books to exhibit the range of his capacities as a wood engraver. -- [BEILBY, Ralph (1744-1817)]. A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The second edition. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick...1791. Demy 8° (205 x 120mm). Title-page vignette and 212 wood engravings of quadrupeds with 106 tailpieces etc. Owner's signature cut from top corner of title-page). Half calf, glazed marbled paper sides (scuffed), re-backed, morocco label gilt. Roscoe Bewick 2b (variant A).
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