Antique Book-ENTERTAINING NATURALIST-ANIMAL-WOODENGRAVING-Bewick-Loudon-1843

Price: € 174,50

Subject: London: Henry G. Bohn, 1843. 12mo: 575 pp. Full burgundy morocco, with gilt tooled ruling to front and rear boards, gilt board edges and turn-ins, gilt decoration and lettering to the spine. All edges gilt. A small stamp indicated the binder as J. Hatchard & Son. Reference: Hugo 517.

Condition: Very good, given age. Hinges and spine ends a little rubbed, board edges minimally rubbed. Some scuffing to front and rear boards. Front hinge starting but intact. Some small scattered stains in the text, mainly near the top edge.

Medium: A wood engraved frontispiece and over 350 b/w illustrations in the text. Thomas Bewick and others.

Size (in cm): 12mo: 11 x 18.5 cm.

Size (in inch): 12mo: 4.3 x 7.3 inch.

Part Number: 55364

Location: ZL3b

Antique Book, titled: 'The Entertaining Naturalist being Popular Descriptions, Tales and Anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals.', by: Jane Wells Webb Loudon. Descriptions with many details of 500 animals by Jane Wells Webb Loudon. Illustrations by Bewick, Harvey, Whimper and others.

Artists and Engravers: Author(s): Jane Wells Webb Loudon. Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-1858) was a writer of fiction and later naturalist works. Illustrated by: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was born in Prudhoe, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He would remain in this region for the rest of his live. Bewick worked as a woodengraver. His many very finely executed designs and bookillustrations are highly appreciated. Bewick is seen as the man who started the great production of woodengraving in the 19th. century.