Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November 1921
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/506
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    173 174 175 LLG ir 178 179 _ 180 18] Bewick (T.) Quadrupeds, proof impressions of the cuts cut out and mounted in an album, woodcut of tree with church and castle in background printed on silk and inserted loose, bookplate of Rk. LE. Bewick with his signature, calf 4to. (1) Bewick (T.) The Fables of Aesop, and others, with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick, with thumb-mark receipt, calf gilt 8vo. Newcastle, 1818 Bewick (T.) British Land [and Water] Birds, engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick (no text), 2 vol. in 1, half morocco, g. t. 4to. Newcastle, H. Walker, 1825 Bewick (T. and J.) Select Fables, with Memoir and descrip- tive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, portraits and woodcuts by T. and J. Bewick, LARGE PAPER, russia roy. 8vo. Newcastle, 1820 Bewick (T.) The Bewick Collector. A Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick by T. Hugo, dllus- trations, cloth, 1866—A pretty book of pictures, woodcuts by Bewick, red morocco gilt, g. t., by F. Bedford, 1867 8vo. (2) Bezold (C.) Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjic Collection in the British Museum, 5 vol. plates roy. 8vo. 1889-99 . Bisue, 1535. Translated by Miles Coverdale. THE First . EDITION OF THE ENGLISH PRINTED BIBLE, black letter, woodcuts, double columns, 57 lines (D. and M.7), imperfect at beginning and end, begins on sign. b1 (Genesis xvii—xviit) and ends on sign. O5 (end of Machabees; wanting the ~ whole of the N.T.), some other Ul. also missing and some Il. torn and roughly mended, unbound ; sold not subject to return folio. [? Chr. Froschover, Zurich], 1535 Bible. The Byble, which is all the holy Scripture. In whych are contayned the Olde and._Newe Testament, truly and purely translated into Englysh by THomas MATTHEW, black letter, woodcuts, wmperfect folio. 1537 BrsteE. The Byble in Englyshe (D. and M.25), black letter, double columns, 62 lines, woodcuts, wants 1 leaf of Calendar, and title to N.T., a few ll. at beginning and end mended, and a few headlines shaved, title within woodcut border (slightly defective at top), worm-hole through some leaves in the first part, original calf over wooden boards, wormed and one cover loose, in wooden box; sold not subject to return folio. Prynted by Rychard Grafton & Edward | Whitchurch, 1539 “ae THe Frrst EpItion OF THE “ GREAT BIBLE.”
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