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Memoir of Thomas Bewick: Written By Himself 1822-1828
by Thomas Bewick
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Memoir of Thomas Bewick
Written By Himself 1822-1828,with an introduction by Selwyn Image, Late Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford
Sixty-one illustrationsLondon - John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
Published in 1924
A clean, bright copy of a scarce classic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. first edition. Hard cover binding in grey cloth with black lining and pictorial decoration on front en black titels on spine. Frontispiece with portrait of Thomas Bewick opposite to titel page. Clean, tight bookblock xxxi and 246 pages tekst and a selection of the woodcuts in Bewick's "Quadrupeds" and "Birds" on pages 248 -274
Extra; bookplate from previous owner Sir Edgar Wigram, Bt. on inner board and inscription "Edgar T. A. Wigram from his very loving mother H.M. Wigram ???? 1924" on first blank page.Sir Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram (6th Baronet) was born on 23 November 1864 and died in 1935. He was also known for his beautiful watercolour paintings and the book "Northern Spain, Painted and Described by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram".
The Wigram Baronetcy, of Walthamstow House in the County of Essex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
A must-have for every Bewick collector but also for the Sir Edgar Wigram enthousioastics. For more Bewick books see my other adds or get in contact.
Written By Himself 1822-1828,with an introduction by Selwyn Image, Late Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford
Sixty-one illustrationsLondon - John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
Published in 1924
A clean, bright copy of a scarce classic. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bewick. first edition. Hard cover binding in grey cloth with black lining and pictorial decoration on front en black titels on spine. Frontispiece with portrait of Thomas Bewick opposite to titel page. Clean, tight bookblock xxxi and 246 pages tekst and a selection of the woodcuts in Bewick's "Quadrupeds" and "Birds" on pages 248 -274
Extra; bookplate from previous owner Sir Edgar Wigram, Bt. on inner board and inscription "Edgar T. A. Wigram from his very loving mother H.M. Wigram ???? 1924" on first blank page.Sir Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram (6th Baronet) was born on 23 November 1864 and died in 1935. He was also known for his beautiful watercolour paintings and the book "Northern Spain, Painted and Described by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram".
The Wigram Baronetcy, of Walthamstow House in the County of Essex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
A must-have for every Bewick collector but also for the Sir Edgar Wigram enthousioastics. For more Bewick books see my other adds or get in contact.
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- Bookseller
- PSM Wiki Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- b270
- Title
- Memoir of Thomas Bewick
- Author
- Thomas Bewick
- Illustrator
- Thomas Bewick
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover binding in grey cloth with black lining and pictorial decoration on front en black titels on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 274
- Size
- 23,5 x 16,5 x 4 cm
- Weight
- 1.76 lbs
- Keywords
- Thomas Bewick / Edgar T. A. Wigram
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bewick;
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