Antique Book-GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS-MAMMALS-Bewick-1824, eighth edition

Price: € 969,50

Subject: Newcastle: E. Walker, 1824, eighth edition. 8vo: x, 526 pp. Full calf with gilt and blindstamped decoration to the front and rear boards, gilt decoration to the spine, two gilt title tickets, board edges with double gilt rule, turn-ins with triple gilt rule. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Reference: Roscoe 8a-b, eight edition.

Condition: Good, given age. Front hinge broken. Rear hinge starting but intact. Book block generally clean, some scattered foxing. Spine rubbed, lower corners bumped. Some scuffmarks on the boards.

Medium: 226 b/w wood engraved illustrations, 108 wood engraved tailpieces and vignettes. Thomas Bewick.

Size (in cm): 8vo: 14 x 22.1 cm.

Size (in inch): 8vo: 5.5 x 8.7 inch.

Part Number: 55370

Location: ZL3b

Antique Book, titled: 'A general history of Quadrupeds.', by: Thomas Bewick. A descriptive catalogue of mammals.

Artists and Engravers: Author(s): Thomas Bewick. 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.