Shelfmark
Ln.4.24
Author
Title
Select fables / with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Newcastle : Printed by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London, MDCCCXX [1820].
Physical description
[2], xl, 332p, [1] leaf of plates : ill. (wood-engravings), ports.. ; 24cm.
Note
Memoir and descriptive catalogue by John Trotter Brockett (information from the National Library of Scotland catalogue).
Note
Based upon the English translation of Aesop by Samuel Croxall (information from the Durham University library sheaf catalogue).
Note
With title-page vignette and tailpieces.
Note
Loose bookseller's catalogue entry for this book.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Note
Ms. bookseller's notes, codes, and prices in pencil.
Citation/references note
Referenced by: Hugo 428 ; Pease 20
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Binding
19th century brown calf half-binding with red, blue, and white marbled paper boards with gilt fillets on front board and gilt lettering and decoration on spine ; marbled endpapers ; bound by Hall, Oxford (binder's stamp on front endpaper).
Genre/Form
Illustrated works
Genre/Form
Fables
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
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Hodgson, Sarah, 1760 - 1822 printer.
Added entry--name
Charnley, Emerson publisher.
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Added entry--place
England Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Identifier
B25241