Select fables; . with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784: together with a memoir; and a descriptive catalogue of the works of Messrs. Bewick.
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3064925
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xl, 332p.,plate . ill.. (woodcuts), port.. . 8vo.. Old inventory no. TB17. Provenance: Bookplate: Hartley (Larkfield). Pencil signature John Hartley on flyleaf. Presented to Cherryburn by Edward J. Groom in the name of David Jenkin Williams, onetime presbyterian minister of St. Paul's South Shields and Elsie Leonard, his wife and their family, December 1987.. Binding: Calf binding with gilt, rebacked, red spine labels, marbled foredges, endpapers strengthened with brown paper and some strengthening to title page.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795)