A general history of quadrupeds. . The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817)
Category
Books
Date
1790
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3064921
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 456p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on flyleaf: 'To G.O. Trevelyan Esq M.P. from A. Cochrand Junr. Galashiels 10th october 1874'. Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Half calf; marbled boards; gilt tooled on spine; red spine label, gilt-lettered: History of quadrupeds'.
Makers and roles
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)