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A General History of Quadrupeds.
de BEWICK, Thomas
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London, London, United Kingdom
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Newcastle, Printed by and for S. Hodgson (and others), 1800. . Fourth edition, Imperial copy on thick white wove paper; 8vo; engraved vignette on title page, title variant A (without Bell and Rivington in imprint) and 'Price One Guinea' (denoting imperial copy) on title, 200 wood-engravings by Bewick, 104 smaller vignettes; nineteenth century red morocco gilt extra by J. Clarke, covers with gilt panel with floral tooling to corners within gilt borders, spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second, others richly gilt with floral tools within framed borders, raised bands with gilt fillets, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, a fine copy; x, 526 pp.
This edition includes thirteen new figures, one of which, the Spotted Hyena replaced an earlier figure; a rearrangement of the text, along with descriptions of the new figures. This edition is the first to include scientific names and is also the fist edition to appear in imperial form.
Freeman, 305; Nissen ZBI, 351; Roscoe 4a.
This edition includes thirteen new figures, one of which, the Spotted Hyena replaced an earlier figure; a rearrangement of the text, along with descriptions of the new figures. This edition is the first to include scientific names and is also the fist edition to appear in imperial form.
Freeman, 305; Nissen ZBI, 351; Roscoe 4a.
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"Facsimile edition of volume 3 of the 1885 Memorial Edition of the works of Thomas Bewick"--T.p. verso.
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- A General History of Quadrupeds.
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- Newcastle, Printed by and for S. Hodgson (and others), 1800.
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