Bewick collector: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas
Item #78190
(BEWICK, THOMAS). HUGO, Thomas. The Bewick Collector: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick; Including Cuts, in Various states, for Books and Pamphlets, Private Gentlemen, Public Companies, Exhibitions, Races, Newspapers, Shop Cards, Invoice Heads, Bar Bills, Coal Certificates, Broadsides, and Other Miscellaneous Purposes, and Wood Blocks. With an Appendix of Portraits, Autographs, Works of Pupils, &c. &c. The Whole Described from the Originals Contained in the Largest and Most Perfect Collection Ever Formed. Original gilt-armorial cloth. London: Lovell Reeve and Co., 1866. [with] The Bewick Collector. A Supplement to a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick; Consisting of Additions to the Various Divisions of Cuts, Wood Blocks, etc., Enumerated in that Work. The Whole Described from the Originals Contained in the Largest and Most Perfect Collection Ever Formed. Original gilt-armorial cloth. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1868. 2 Vols. First editions. Copy of Hugo's bookplate tipped into Vol. One. Faint scattered foxing, wear to spine ends of Vol. One, cloth lightly rubbed; minor wear to spine ends of Vol. Two, final signature sprung but present, else a very good set.
Price: $175.00