Bewick (Thomas)

A General History of Quadrupeds,

first edition, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, intermittent spotting, large tears to A1 and K2, short tears to A2, B8, F3, loss in margins to A5, A7, repairs in margin to P2-4, contemporary calf, spine with morocco title label, worn, some cracking to spine, [Roscoe 1b], demy 8vo, Newcastle Upon Tyne, for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick, 1790 § History of British Birds, 2 vols., vol. 1 second edition, vol. 2 first edition, imperial 8vo copies, partially trimmed contemporary signature of Thomas Osborne? to title of vol. 1, text block trimmed, a.e.g., near-contemporary calf, boards detached, bookplates of R. B. Mackie to pastedowns, [Roscoe 15a & 17a], 1797 [i.e. 1798]-1804 § Thornton (Robert John) A New Family Herbal: or popular account of the nature and properties of the various plants used in medicine, diet, and the arts, no half-title, numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, some page numbers supplied in ink, spotting and browning, later half calf, stained, for Richard Phillips, 1810 § Boyd (Julia, ed.) Bewick Gleanings: being Impressions from Copperplates and Wood Blocks, engraved in the Bewick workshop, small paper copy no.177, signed by Boyd, original morocco, extremities rubbed, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1886 § with another book illustrated by Bewick, another similar, and 3 others (10)