Thomas Bewick, Vignettes from Birds, Quadrupeds and Fables, Memorial Edition

Thomas Bewick, Vignettes from Birds, Quadrupeds and Fables, Memorial Edition

Thomas Bewick, Vignettes from Birds, Quadrupeds and Fables, Memorial Edition

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Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1971. Approximately 2 1/8 x 2 5/8 ". (48 pp.) LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Full dark red leather with gold-stamped Bewick's signature on front cover and title ("Bewick") on spine, illustrated from 15 original wood blocks carved by Thomas Bewick and printed by R. Hunter Middleton (the Bewick authority), frenchfold, type pages were letterpress printed on Troya paper by Charles Young at the Norman Press, binding by Monastery Hill Binder, in near fine condition. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 37)

Thomas Bewick (1753 - 1828) was a natural history author and an engraver. Bewick is most famous for his book, A History of British Birds, whose wood engravings are much admired for the small and often humorous vignettes. This miniature book is considered by some to be the finest book from Norman Forgue's Black Cat Press.

Publisher
Black Cat Press
Binding
Hardcover
Tags
First Edition , Miniature