157 BAYEUX TAPESTRY. Stothard (C. A.). The Set of 17 large and fine Double Folio Plates of the Celebrated Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the various Scenes and Incidents of the Battle of Hastings, designed by C. A. Stothard, engraved by J. Basire. Original coloured copy. Large folio, new half brown russia gilt, uncut. Lond., Society of Anti quaries, 1821. £4 4s 158 BEARDSLEY (Aubrey). Illustrations to the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Four illustrations mounted on cardboards, with separate pamphlet of text. 4to. Chicago, 1901. 159 One of 250 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. £1 5s Jonson (Ben). Volpone, or the Foxe, with a Critical Essay on the Author, by Vincent O'Sullivan, together with an Eulogy of the Artist by Robert Ross. Front. and 5 decorative Initial Letters by Aubrey Beardsley. 4to, orig. illust. cloth, with cover design by Beardsley. Lond., 1898. 16s 6d THE BEWICKS. Bewick's title to distinction rests on a very solid basis. He revived the art of wood-engraving after two centuries of decadence, and is the father of modern pictorial illustration in books. Self-taught as he was, his masterpieces have never been surpassed, and probably never will be. "In 1794 Thomas Bewick was seriously contemplating a removal to America. Bringing his fame with him, and his republican proclivities, it is likely he would have taken deep root there, and would have given a stimulus to American taste which would have immeasurably advanced art in that country." RUSKIN speaks of him as "a man who was, without training, Holbein's equal the magnificent artistic power, the flawless virtue, veracity, tenderness, the infinite humour of the man as stout a reformer as Holbein or Botticelli, etc." 160 FIGURES OF BRITISH LAND BIRDS. First Issue. With fine impressions of the very numerous beautiful woodcuts, including the Rare Vignette, "Before the Bar," in First State. Vol I (all published), 8vo, orig. half calf, uncut. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1800. £4 15s The Bewicks-continued. 161 GARNER (T.). A Brief Description of the Principal Foreign Animals and Birds, the property of Mr. G. Pidcock, exhibited at the Grand Menagerie over ExeterChange, Strand. Illustrated with 12 large and fine woodcuts by T. Bewick. 4to, boards, uncut. Lond., 1800. Very scarce. Unknown to Hugo. LARGE PAPER. 162 GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. £1 16s With fine impressions of the numerous beautiful woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. First Edition. Large Paper Copy. Royal 8vo, full calf, full gilt back, m. e. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1790. Very rare on Large Paper, only 100 copies printed, slightly stained in places. 163 GOLDSMITH (O.) and PARNELL (T.). Poems. £6 15s BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN LARGE type by BULMER, and illustrated with the very fine series of wood engravings by BEWICK, BRILLIANT IMPRESSIONS. AN UNIQUE COPY, having 4 of the FULL-PAGE WOODCUTS IN DUPLICATE AND PRINTED ON SATIN. 4to, full polished calf extra, full gilt back, g. e., by RIVIERE. London, Bulmer, 1795. FINE COPY. IMPERIAL PAPER. 164 HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. £6 6s With the series of about 300 beautiful woodcuts by THOMAS BEWICK. IMPERIAL PAPER COPY. 2 vols, impl. 8vo, full green levant morocco extra, gilt panelled sides and backs, corner fleurons, gilt edges, by LEIGHTON. Newcastle, 1821. £11 11s With the two Supplements which were issued for the first time in 1821. Fine copy, with brilliant impressions of the beautiful cuts. 165 HISTORY OF BRITISH LAND AND WATER BIRDS. Newcastle, 1797-1804. 2 vols. SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Both Parts. Newcastle, 1821. Together, complete, and illustrated with the extensive series of fine woodcuts and interesting tail-pieces by T. Bewick. Brilliant impressions of the earliest issues of the First Editions. Large Paper Copies. 1821. 2 vols, royal 8vo, full scored calf, full gilt backs, m. e. Newcastle, 1797£10 10s The Bewicks-continued. 166 HISTORY OF BRITISH LAND AND WATER BIRDS. Illustrated with the extensive series of fine woodcuts and interesting tail-pieces by Bewick, brilliant impressions. Large and thick paper copy, 2 vols, thick royal 8vo, orig. half russia. Newcastle, 1805. 167 HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. £2 15s With brilliant impressions of the extensive series of beautiful woodcuts. The 2 parts in one volume, thick 8vo, contemporary full red morocco, g. e. Newcastle, 1809. £1 5s 168 A NEW LOTTERY BOOK of Birds and Beasts for Children to learn their Letters by as soon as they can Speak. With 48 fine woodcuts by Bewick. 16mo, orig. decorated boards, enclosed in red morocco case. Newcastle, T. Saint for W. Charnley, 1771. £1 5s 169 NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE. An Instructive and Entertaining History for the use of both Sexes, translated from the French. With 32 full-page woodcuts by JOHN Bewick. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols in 2, small 8vo, orig. calf (binding broken). London, 1788. £1 10s 170 SELECT FABLES, with Memoir and Descriptive Catalogue of Bewick's Works. Portraits (one on India paper) and nearly 200 engraved vignettes. First Edition. Large Paper Copy. Royal 8vo, full orig. scored calf, full gilt back, m. e. Newcastle, 1820. £1 15s 171 TOM THUMB'S PLAY BOOK, to teach Children their Letters as soon as they can speak. 30 wood engravings by BEWICK. FIRST EDITION. Square 16mo, orig. illustrated wrappers. Newcastle, 1824 7s 6d 172 TRUSLER (Rev. J.). Proverbs Exemplified, and illustrated by Pictures from Real Life. With numerous wood engravings by J. Bewick. £1 7s 6d The Bewicks—continued. 173 A COLLECTION of upwards of 260 Woodcuts from Bewick's Birds, etc., including many Proofs, some with Miss Jane Bewick's writing on them. Neatly inserted in impl. 8vo vol, half morocco, t. e. g. V.Y. £1 16s * From the Rev. Stopford A. Brooke's Collection, with Autograph Note by him. "Various Proofs, and others collected by Miss Jane Bewick, and in places annotated by her also many odd Bewick plates inserted by me." Etc. 174 BOYD (J.). Bewick Gleanings: being Impressions from Copperplates and Wood Blocks, engraved in the Bewick Workshop. Edited, with Notes, and Lives of Thos. Bewick and his Pupils, by Julia Boyd. LARGE PAPER COPY. Thick 4to, original full morocco, uncut, t. e. g., as issued. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1886. 18s Contains impressions from 362 Wood Blocks and 53 Copperplates, 2 Portraits of Thomas Bewick, and an Original Etching of the "Lost Child." These blocks and copperplates had remained in the possession of Bewick's daughters, and were sold after their death. Many of the illustrations appear for the first time in the above volume. 175 HUGO (Rev. T.). The Bewick Collector, a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick, including the SUPPLEMENT, COMPLETE. Nearly 300 wood engravings. Large Paper Copy. 2 vols, thick royal 8vo, cloth. Lond., 1866-8. £1 5s BINDINGS. English and Foreign, from the XVIth to the Present Century. 176 ENGLISH. Charles I. Walker (William). A Sermon Preached in St. Paul's Church in London, in the Course of the Divinitie Lecture there, Novemb. 18, 1628. Small 4to, original vellum gilt. With the Arms of Charles I on sides. London, 1629. £2 2s 177 ENGLISH. Divine Harmony; or, a New Collection of Select Anthems, us'd at Her Majesty's Chappels Royal, etc. Small 8vo, fine copy in contemporary crimson morocco extra, gilt back, the sides decorated with Cottage Roof Pattern, designs of Acorns, Scrolls, and other ornamentations, with Coronet in Centre and Corners, g. e. Circa 1710. Wants Title. £4 4s Bindings continued. 178 ENGLISH. Fleetwood (William). An Essay upon Miracles, in two Discourses. 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary English crimson morocco extra, gilt back, the sides designed to a Cottage Roof pattern, with gilt floral designs, other ornamentations, and inlays of black morocco, gilt ornamental borders, g. e. London, 1701. £8 10s 179 ENGLISH. [Hering.] The Holy Bible, ornamented with engravings by James Fittler, from celebrated pictures by Old Masters. Small 8vo, handsomely bound in full crimson morocco extra, full gilt back, gilt lines and corner pieces on sides, inside dentelles, silk end leaves, g. e., by Hering (with his Ticket). London, 1795. £4 4s The thinnest Bible ever published, printed throughout on India Paper, with an extensive series of plates by Fittler, including the Cartoons of Raphael. 180 ENGLISH. Johnson (Samuel). A Second Five Years' Struggle against Popery and Tyranny. 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Abrégé de la Vie et des Vertus de la trés-honorée Soeur Julienne Jou vin, Small 8vo, contemporary French morocco extra, gilt back, gilt dentelle border on side, g. e. Paris, 1744. £2 10s |