Shelfmark
Ln.4.26
Additional shelfmark
Ln.4.27 (02) (Copy 2)
Author
Title
The chase : a poem / by William Somervile [sic], Esq.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office, Cleaveland-Row, 1802.
Physical description
xxiv, 106p : ill. (wood-engravings) ; 23cm.
Note
"The younger Mr. Bewick ... prepared, and indeed finished on wood, the whole of the designs except one ... in executing the engravings his brother, Mr Thomas Bewick, has bestowed every possible care" - p.iii.
Note
Includes biographical notes.
Note
Paper watermarked.
Citation/references note
Referenced by: Hugo 181 ; Tattersfield JB8
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Dixon Brown, Newcastle".
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookplate of C. J. M. Adie.
Binding
19th century brown diced calf binding with gilt rolls to make a boarder and black title labels on spine with gilt lettering and decoration ; marbled endpapers ; bound by Lubbock, Newcastle (binder's ticket inside on pastedown).
Binding
Copy 2: 19th century brown calf binding with gilt decoration on spine and gilt lettering on green leather title label on spine.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller catalogue entry for this book pasted onto front endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Bound with a copy of "Poems" by Goldsmith and Parnell, 1804, shelfmark Ln.4.27 (01).
Added entry--name
Bewick, John, 1760 - 1795 wood-engraver.
Added entry--name
Bewick, Thomas, 1753 - 1828 wood-engraver.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Brown, Dixon former owner.
Added entry--name
Lubbock, William binder.
Added entry--name
Adie, C. J. M. (Clement James Mellish), 1876 - 1954 former owner
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25243