A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. The fourth edition.
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217781
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], x, 525, [1] p. : ill. ; 8vo. Price erased from title page. Provenance: armorial bookplate: 'William Lukin' [i.e. Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (1768-1833)]. Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on verso of front free endpaper: "M7" (crossed-out). Manuscript former shelfmark in ink on recto of rear free endpaper: "B5". Binding: late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century full gold-tooled marbled calf (rubbed and scored); gilt fillet and roll pattern border; gilt roll patterns along board edges and on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown sheepskin label on spine. Red marbled textblock edges. Orange marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Ralph Beilby (1743-1817), author Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828), artist Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828), engraver (inciser)