Hewitson (William C). Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, etc., 2nd edition, John van Voorst, [1842]-1846, half-titles, 138 hand-coloured lithographic plates of eggs, extra-illustrated with approximately 365 original avian watercolours William Dickinson (see note), many heightened in gum arabic, all with manuscript captions incorporating date (1861-77) and occasionally details of the original specimen, 9 similar original watercolours signed 'J. Rooke' in Dickinson's hand, 39 hand-coloured engraved plates apparently by Edward Donovan (from his Natural History of British Birds, 1794-1819, or The Naturalist's Repository, 1822-7), 5 further hand-coloured engravings trimmed and mounted to text-leaves (one of these signed 'Jardine', in Dickinson's hand), and some 50 naive-style tailpieces also in watercolourdepicting a variety of rustic scenes and implements,Dickinson's watercolours variously on individual sheets (mostly bound in, a few on smaller sheets, tipped in), on rectos or versos of the original plates or the extra plates by Donovan, and in margins of the text, Dickinson's manuscript index to extra illustrations bound in after title-page of each volume, occasional marginalia and tipped-in annotated slips in his hand, relevant newspaper and other cuttings tipped to preliminaries and elsewhere, mainly light staining to a few Donovan plates previously overmounted by Dickinson using one of his own watercolours (the leaves since professionally separated and cleaned), spotting to a handful of other plates, armorial bookplates hand-coloured and with 'Wm Dickinson, Thorncroft' added in manuscript to front pastedowns, near-contemporary green half calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 2) A profusely extra-illustrated and annotated copy of this important work, containing some 400 original watercolours by Cumberland antiquary William Dickinson (1798-1882). Known works by Dickinson include Cumbriana: or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life (1875) and A Glossary of Words or Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (1878); after his death a selection of prose and verse was published as the Uncollected Literary Remains of William Dickinson (1888). He lived at 'Thorncroft', Workington. The house does not survive, but is memorialised in the name of a modern development, Thorncroft Gardens. Freeman 1659; Mullens & Swann pp. 293-4; Nissen IVB 442; Sitwell (1990) p. 107; Wood p. 385 ('a standard work'). First published between 1831 and 1838 with the title British Oology; for this second edition the text and plates were substantially revised.
Hewitson (William C). Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, etc., 2nd edition, John van Voorst, [1842]-1846, half-titles, 138 hand-coloured lithographic plates of eggs, extra-illustrated with approximately 365 original avian watercolours William Dickinson (see note), many heightened in gum arabic, all with manuscript captions incorporating date (1861-77) and occasionally details of the original specimen, 9 similar original watercolours signed 'J. Rooke' in Dickinson's hand, 39 hand-coloured engraved plates apparently by Edward Donovan (from his Natural History of British Birds, 1794-1819, or The Naturalist's Repository, 1822-7), 5 further hand-coloured engravings trimmed and mounted to text-leaves (one of these signed 'Jardine', in Dickinson's hand), and some 50 naive-style tailpieces also in watercolourdepicting a variety of rustic scenes and implements,Dickinson's watercolours variously on individual sheets (mostly bound in, a few on smaller sheets, tipped in), on rectos or versos of the original plates or the extra plates by Donovan, and in margins of the text, Dickinson's manuscript index to extra illustrations bound in after title-page of each volume, occasional marginalia and tipped-in annotated slips in his hand, relevant newspaper and other cuttings tipped to preliminaries and elsewhere, mainly light staining to a few Donovan plates previously overmounted by Dickinson using one of his own watercolours (the leaves since professionally separated and cleaned), spotting to a handful of other plates, armorial bookplates hand-coloured and with 'Wm Dickinson, Thorncroft' added in manuscript to front pastedowns, near-contemporary green half calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 2) A profusely extra-illustrated and annotated copy of this important work, containing some 400 original watercolours by Cumberland antiquary William Dickinson (1798-1882). Known works by Dickinson include Cumbriana: or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life (1875) and A Glossary of Words or Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (1878); after his death a selection of prose and verse was published as the Uncollected Literary Remains of William Dickinson (1888). He lived at 'Thorncroft', Workington. The house does not survive, but is memorialised in the name of a modern development, Thorncroft Gardens. Freeman 1659; Mullens & Swann pp. 293-4; Nissen IVB 442; Sitwell (1990) p. 107; Wood p. 385 ('a standard work'). First published between 1831 and 1838 with the title British Oology; for this second edition the text and plates were substantially revised.
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