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Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
Title(s):

A memoir of Thomas Bewick / written by himself ; embellished by numerous wood engravings designed by the author for a work on British fishes.

Edition:
A new ed., prefaced and annotated by Austin Dobson ...
Published/Created:
London : B. Quaritch, 1887.
Physical Description:
[iii]-xxxiii, [3], 393 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1212 B5 A2 1887 Copy 1
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NJ18 B47 A12 1885 Copy 2
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies that are different issues. Copy 1 has series statement wanting, as issued, and is bound in plain brown cloth with paper label on spine. Copy 2 has series statement, and is bound in cloth with gold-stamped leather spine. Copy 2 has call no. NJ18.B47 A12 1885 v.5
"R. Ward and Sons, printers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne."
Frontispiece after John Bewick.
Page [352] is a lithograph after Robert Elliot Bewick's engraving "The Maigre."
Edited by Jane Bewick.
Title vignette.
Subject Terms:
Fishes -- Great Britain.
Quaritch, Bernard -- Publisher.
Ward (R.) and Sons -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1887.
Lithographs -- 1887.
Contributors:
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921.
Bewick, Jane, 1787-1881.
Bewick, John, 1760-1795, ill.
Bewick, Robert Elliot, 1788-1849, ill.
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