Shelfmark
Ln.4.16
Author
Title
Bewick gleanings : being impressions from copperplates and wood blocks, engraved in the Bewick workshop, remaining in the possession of the family until the death of the last Miss Bewick, and sold afterwards by order of her executors / edited, with note, by Julia Boyd ... to which are added, lives of Thos. Bewick and his pupils, with impressions from other wood blacks collected by or lent to the author.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Printed and Published by Andrew Reid, Printing Court Buildings, Akenside Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1886.
Physical description
xxiv, [2], 104p, plates : ill. (engravings), ports.. ; 29cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Includes list of subscribers.
Note
Includes errata page.
Note
ECL copy: One of 200 large paper copies for subscribers.
Note
Five loose plates of engravings by Thomas Bewick "Poems" by Goldsmith and Parnell (shelfmark Ln.4.25).
Note
Loose ms. notes on scrap of paper in pencil and ink.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Note
Ms. bookseller's note, codes, and price in pencil.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton; traces of a larger insertion tipped in and later removed.
Provenance
Loosely inserted AL from the publisher to R. J. McKenzie, Manchester, dated 28 Feb. 1887 enclosing a prospectus (not present) and confirming that only 20 copies of the book remain at the price of 7 guineas, and bookseller's receipt of Palmer & Howe, Manchester for 7 guineas made out to P. J. McKenzie [sic], Chorlton-cum-Hardy, dated 31 March 1887.
Binding
19th century dark blue morocco binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board ; bound by A. Reid, Newcastle.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy wanting blank leaf between half-title and frontispiece, apparently torn out and usually bearing numbered bookplate signed by Julia Boyd.
Subject
Subject
Wood-engraving 19th century.
Subject
Wood-engraving 18th century.
Subject
Wood-engravers England.
Genre/Form
Biographies
Genre/Form
Illustrated works
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Reid, Andrew publisher.
Added entry--name
Boyd, Julia ed.
Added entry--place
England Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Identifier
B25234