Banbury chap books and nursery toy book literature . (of the XVIII. and early XIX. centuries) with impressions from several hundred original wood-cut blocks, by T. & J. Bewick, Blake, Cruikshank, Craig, Lee, Austin, and others. [...] With very much that is interesting and valuable appertaining to the early typography and topography of children's books relating to Great Britain and America. [...] by Edwin Pearson.
Edwin Pearson
Category
Books
Date
1890
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3063867
Summary
Bibliographic description
[iv], vi, 116p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 4to.. On large paper. Provenance: 'Only fifty printed/ No. 7 A Reader'on fly-leaf.. Binding: Original binding with paper pictorial front cover, rebacked with cloth with leather and gilt label on spine.
Makers and roles
Edwin Pearson John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)