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BEWICK, Thomas. History of British Birds... vol.I... Land Birds. Newcastle: Solomon Hodgson for R.Beilby & T.Bewick [etc.], 1797 (but 1798). Imperial 8° (248 x 155mm.). Wood-engraved title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Bewick (title lightly spotted). Second edition, limited to 207 copies. Roscoe 15a.
History of British Birds... vol.II... Water Birds. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T.Bewick [etc.], 1804. Imperial 8° (248 x 155mm.). Wood-engraved title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Bewick (title lightly spotted). FIRST EDITION. Roscoe 17a (variant C).
A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle: By and for S.Hodgson, R.Beilby and T.Bewick [etc.], 1800. Imperial 8° (253 x 162mm.). Wood-engraved title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Bewick. Fourth edition (first imp.8° issue), limited to 230 copies. Roscoe 4a (variant A).
Select Fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a memoir; and a descriptive catalogue of the works of Messrs. Bewick. Newcastle: S.Hodgson for Emerson Charnley and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy of London, 1820. Imperial 8° (272 x 167mm.). Wood-engraved portrait (on india paper) of Bewick by Charlton Nesbit, title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Thomas and John Bewick and others (portrait spotted). First edition thus.
A FINE SET uniformly bound in later brown morocco, covers with three line gilt ruled border, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others decorated with various small tools, g.e., by Riviere & Son (small chip from head of spine of the last work, some joints slightly split). Provenance: H.C.Drayton (bookplate). (4)
History of British Birds... vol.II... Water Birds. Newcastle: Edward Walker for T.Bewick [etc.], 1804. Imperial 8° (248 x 155mm.). Wood-engraved title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Bewick (title lightly spotted). FIRST EDITION. Roscoe 17a (variant C).
A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle: By and for S.Hodgson, R.Beilby and T.Bewick [etc.], 1800. Imperial 8° (253 x 162mm.). Wood-engraved title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Bewick. Fourth edition (first imp.8° issue), limited to 230 copies. Roscoe 4a (variant A).
Select Fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a memoir; and a descriptive catalogue of the works of Messrs. Bewick. Newcastle: S.Hodgson for Emerson Charnley and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy of London, 1820. Imperial 8° (272 x 167mm.). Wood-engraved portrait (on india paper) of Bewick by Charlton Nesbit, title vignette, illustrations, head- and tailpieces by Thomas and John Bewick and others (portrait spotted). First edition thus.
A FINE SET uniformly bound in later brown morocco, covers with three line gilt ruled border, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others decorated with various small tools, g.e., by Riviere & Son (small chip from head of spine of the last work, some joints slightly split). Provenance: H.C.Drayton (bookplate). (4)