Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's quarter cloth. More
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's quarter cloth. More
London: Gordon Fraser, 1981. Octavo, uncoloured plates. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, a fine set. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, publisher's cloth, line drawings. Showcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time. Also available..... More
London: Ward Lock Reprints, (1970. facsimile). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published in 1790. "Such animals as I knew, I drew from memory on the wood; others which I did not know were copied from 'Dr Smellie's Abridgement of Buffon,' and other naturalists, and also from the..... More
Newcastle: R. E. Bewick, (1805. second edition). Octavo, wood engravings. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked with modern spine and two coloured labels, new endpapers, a very good clean copy. Volume one: History and description of land birds. Volume two: History and description of water birds. Anderson and Gibson 81; Freeman 306;..... More
Newcastle: R. E. Bewick, 1847. Octavo, woodcuts, the bookplate of Walter Froggatt, worn publisher's cloth. Volume one: History and description of land birds. Volume two: History and description of water birds. More
London: The Fine Art Society, 1881. Quarto, 32 illustrations from original wood blocks. Publisher's leather-grained cloth, all edges coloured, a few spots throughout, otherwise a very good copy. More
Newcastle: Author, 1887. Quarto, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth with paper label, some light shelf wear otherwise a very good copy. More
Newcastle upon Tyne: The Natural History Society of Northumbria, 2007. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, volume 65, part three. More
London: Cresset Press, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More