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$US 975.00
Bewick, Thomas
A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
Imprint: Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick, 1811
Binding: Hardback
4to., newly bound in period style quarter green polished calf over marbled boards; spine with simple gilt decoration and a red morocco title label; t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. A TALL COPY in a handsome binding by Gray Parrot of Hancock, Maine.Bewick 326 engravings include most of the animals from A (Adive) to Z Zorilla) listed in the five-page index of this sixth edition. In addition, there are four proof pulls of the following Bewick cuts: A rural scene, A wanderer with a dog, Sowing crops, and a Fishing scene, laid in. Of the many books claimed as Bewicks, probably only the Quadrupeds and the two volumes of Birds, with some question about the second volume, were designed and executed by Bewick himself. See Hugo. p. 24.
WITH FOUR BEWICK PROOFS LAID IN
Stock number:554.