History of British birds. . The figures engraven on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. 1 Containing the history and description of land birds.
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3018861
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxx, 335p. [1] . ill.. (engr.) . imperial 8vo. Former shelfmark: 7.5.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on flyleaf: 'John & Maria Trevelyan 1818' [i.e. Sir John Trevelyan, 5th Bart. (1761-1846) and Maria Trevelyan, née Wilson (1772-1851)]. 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.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: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; gilt rolled on border and board edges; black spine label; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Ralph Beilby (1743-1817)