A General History of Quadrupeds. the Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick. The Fourth Edition.

Name: A General History of Quadrupeds. the Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick. The Fourth Edition.
Author: Bewick, Thomas

Book Description

Roscoe version A with no mention of Rivington. The Royal 8vo. printing which Roscoe suggests had only 300 printed. A rare printing of this important expanded edition which features some animals for the first time, including the addenda with the Australian Wombach and an Amphibious Animal (recognisable as the platypus).

Dealer Notes

Many charming vignettes at chapter ends in addition to illustrations of the quadrupeds.

Author Bewick, Thomas

Date 1800

Binding Tan half calf over marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers, spine with 5 raised bands, contrasting red label with gilt tiles, lines and dentelles, all edges gilt.

Publisher Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, and T. Bewick

Illustrator Thomas Bewick

Condition Good. Slightly rubbed to edges and corners but a nice example

Pages 8vo. x. 525(1) pp.

Price: £245.00

Offered by Celsus Books

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