Lot 270
Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, 1790.
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, variant B with vignette of fly on p.176 facing to the right, wood-engraved title-vignette, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, armorial bookplate to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt by T. Hookham, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Roscoe 1b; Tattersfield TB 1.1], Newcastle, Demi 8vo, 1790.
Description
Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, variant B with vignette of fly on p.176 facing to the right, wood-engraved title-vignette, illustrations and vignettes by or after Bewick, armorial bookplate to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt by T. Hookham, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, [Roscoe 1b; Tattersfield TB 1.1], Newcastle, Demi 8vo, 1790.
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