THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK - Select Fables - 1820-1820
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Select Fables by THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK, first edition thus (1820), a hardback English‑language volume of 350 pages with a frontispiece portrait and Bewick engravings, bound in original stamped cloth and including a memoir and a Descriptive Catalogue.
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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:
PRINTED BY S. HODGSON, FOR EMERSON CHARNLEY,
AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, LONDON.
M. DCCCXX
(1820)
First Edition
Bound in original stamped/decorated cloth and measures approx 23.3cm x 15.5cm x3.5cm. As can be seen from the images the binding has been well-loved.
pp. [2], xl, 332 p. Complete.
With a frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick and additional portraits of him by various engravers
This first edition includes a Descriptive Catalogue which served as a retrospective of Thomas and John Bewick’s careers and makes it an important source for bibliophiles. It includes a memoir of the brothers written by John Trotter Brockett.
A compilation of moral stories primarily written or adapted by several authors, paired with nearly 350 wood engraving by the iconic wood engravings of the Bewick brothers.
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:
PRINTED BY S. HODGSON, FOR EMERSON CHARNLEY,
AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, LONDON.
M. DCCCXX
(1820)
First Edition
Bound in original stamped/decorated cloth and measures approx 23.3cm x 15.5cm x3.5cm. As can be seen from the images the binding has been well-loved.
pp. [2], xl, 332 p. Complete.
With a frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick and additional portraits of him by various engravers
This first edition includes a Descriptive Catalogue which served as a retrospective of Thomas and John Bewick’s careers and makes it an important source for bibliophiles. It includes a memoir of the brothers written by John Trotter Brockett.
A compilation of moral stories primarily written or adapted by several authors, paired with nearly 350 wood engraving by the iconic wood engravings of the Bewick brothers.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Children's books
Book title
Select Fables
Author/ Illustrator
THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1820
Publication year youngest item
1820
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
S. HODGSON, FOR EMERSON CHARNLEY, AND BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, LONDON.
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
350
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