BEWICK, Thomas. A History of British [ Land ] Birds , Newcastle: 1805, third edition; A History of British [ Water ] Birds , Newcastle: 1805, second edition; A General History of Quadrupeds , Newcastle: 1807, fifth edition, with a ONE PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY BEWICK tipped-in; The Fables of Aesop, and others , Newcastle: 1818, FIRST EDITION, with thumb-mark receipt SIGNED BY BEWICK; Select Fables , Newcastle & London: 1820, 5 works in 5 volumes, Imperial 8° (254 x 170mm), wood-engravings by Bewick (occasional very light spotting), contemporary crimson morocco gilt by Toovey, ornate gilt spines in compartments with repeated pattern of acorns and flowers (extremities lightly rubbed), g.e., bookplate and inscription of T. Dawson Brodie and bookplate of Norman A. Millar [Roscoe 18a, 19a, 5a, 45a] (5)
BEWICK, Thomas. A History of British [ Land ] Birds , Newcastle: 1805, third edition; A History of British [ Water ] Birds , Newcastle: 1805, second edition; A General History of Quadrupeds , Newcastle: 1807, fifth edition, with a ONE PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY BEWICK tipped-in; The Fables of Aesop, and others , Newcastle: 1818, FIRST EDITION, with thumb-mark receipt SIGNED BY BEWICK; Select Fables , Newcastle & London: 1820, 5 works in 5 volumes, Imperial 8° (254 x 170mm), wood-engravings by Bewick (occasional very light spotting), contemporary crimson morocco gilt by Toovey, ornate gilt spines in compartments with repeated pattern of acorns and flowers (extremities lightly rubbed), g.e., bookplate and inscription of T. Dawson Brodie and bookplate of Norman A. Millar [Roscoe 18a, 19a, 5a, 45a] (5)
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