A general history of quadrupeds. . The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817)
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018860
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, 483[1]p. . ill.. . royal 8vo. Previous shelfmark: F.5. With a newspaper cutting advertising the exhibition at the King's Mews of four species of deer (wapiti).. Provenance: Nineteenth century pictorial armorial bookplate, lettered: Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan Bart. [i.e. Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879)]. Arms: Trevelyan impaling Jermyn. Signed W.B.S. (William Bell Scott - see Fincham p.82) Franks 29799.. Binding: Full polished leather binding; gilt rolled with a floral design to form border on boards; gilt rolled on board edges; sewn onto three recessed bands; gilt on spine; black spine label; marbled endpapers. Bookshoes.
Makers and roles
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)