In the press, and speedily will be published, by Emerson Charnley, Newcastle, a volume of Select fables, with cuts, designed and engraved on wood, by Thomas and John Bewick, previous to the year 1784.:. And embellished with a highly finished portrait of T. Bewick, engraved on wood by Charlton Nesbit, from an original picture. The work will be printed uniform with the Histories of quadrupeds and British birds, and the Fables of Aesop. the impression will consist of a very limited number.
Charnley, Emerson
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3107751
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 sheet (1 p.): ill. (wood engraving) ; 22cm. Provenance: Tipped into a protective paper wrapper, with pasted label on front cover: "The Bewick colletion of S. Roscoe Cat. A.25 ...". Binding: Unbound.
Makers and roles
Charnley, Emerson Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795) Nesbit, Charlton