The Bewick collector. A descriptive catalogue of the works of Thomas and John Bewick including cuts, in various states, for books and pamphlets, private gentlemen, public companies, exhibitions, races, newspapers, shop cards, invoice heads, bar bills, coal certificates, broadsides, and other miscellaneous purposes and wood blocks. With an appendix of portraits, autographs, works of pupils, &c. &c. The whole described from the originals contained in the largest and most perfect collection ever formed and illustrated with a hundred and twelve cuts /. by Thomas Hugo, M.A., F.R.S.L., F.S.A., &c Honorary Fellow and Honorary Member of various literary and archaeological societies, rector of All Saints, Bishopsgate, and Chaplain to the Honourable Artillery Company. The possessor of the collection.
Thomas Hugo (1820-1876)
Category
Books
Date
1970
Materials
Place of origin
United States
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3229980
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 562p. : ill. ; 22 cm (8vo). Provenance: Inscribed on upper flyleaf "A. Radford". Gift from the Bewick Society c. 2009. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hugo (1820-1876)