Catalogue of an extraordinary assemblage of many thousands of engraved wood-blocks : forming the most extensive collection ever brought together of the original engravings on box-wood by Thomas and John Bewick, consisting of sets of blocks to Bewick's Select Fables, Newcastle, 1784 and 1820; Gay's Fables; Dance of Death; Tommy Tripp; Thornton's Herbal, and other important works; with some hundreds of old English toy book blocks, &c; ... also original and curious blocks by … other contemporary artists, formerly in the Hugo Jupp, Pearson and other collections. Together with the original blocks, stereotype-plates, and publishing rights of Bewick's Select Fables. (Longmans' edition 1878.) Which will be sold by auction, by order of the trustees under a deed of gift, by Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, … 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Friday, the 19th of April, 1895, and following day, ...
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge
Category
Books
Date
1895
Materials
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3251285
Summary
Bibliographic description
VI, 37, [1] p. :. ill., port. ;. 26 cm. Pencil note on verso of front cover 'Xmas Carol MA Richardson MDCCCXVII'. Old pencil shelfmarks or codes on front cover and first leaf '26.c.29', '24B.' and '5373'. Provenance: Purchased 2024. Binding: nineteenth-century publisher's printed paper wrappers; as issued
Provenance
Catalogue created by Wilkinson Sotheby in 1895 to support auction of matertials of Thomas and John Bewick. Purchased at auction around 2000-2004 from Sotheby’s. Purchased by National Trust in 2024 for Cherryburn.
Makers and roles
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, auctioneer Edwin Pearson, compiler